scrub 音标拼音: [skr'ʌb]
n . 用力擦洗,矮树,矮人,渺小之物
vt . 用力擦洗,擦掉,摩擦
vi . 擦洗干净
用力擦洗,矮树,矮人,渺小之物用力擦洗,擦掉,摩擦擦洗干净
scrub adj 1 : (
of domestic animals )
not selectively bred n 1 :
dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes [
synonym : {
scrub }, {
chaparral }, {
bush }]
2 :
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water [
synonym : {
scrub }, {
scrubbing }, {
scouring }]
v 1 :
clean with hard rubbing ; "
She scrubbed his back " [
synonym :
{
scrub }, {
scour }]
2 :
wash thoroughly ; "
surgeons must scrub prior to an operation "
[
synonym : {
scrub }, {
scrub up }]
3 :
postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled ;
"
Call off the engagement "; "
cancel the dinner party "; "
we had to scrub our vacation plans "; "
scratch that meeting --
the chair is ill " [
synonym : {
cancel }, {
call off }, {
scratch }, {
scrub }]
Scrub \
Scrub \ (
skr [
u ^]
b ),
a .
Mean ;
dirty ;
contemptible ;
scrubby .
[
1913 Webster ]
How solitary ,
how scrub ,
does this town look !
--
Walpole .
[
1913 Webster ]
No little scrub joint shall come on my board . --
Swift .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Scrub game },
a game ,
as of ball ,
by unpracticed players .
{
Scrub race },
a race between scrubs ,
or between untrained animals or contestants .
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1913 Webster ]
Scrub \
Scrub \ (
skr [
u ^]
b ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scrubbed }
(
skr [
u ^]
bd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Scrubbing }.] [
OE .
scrobben ,
probably of Dutch or Scand .
origin ;
cf .
Dan .
skrubbe ,
Sw .
skrubba ,
D .
schrobben ,
LG .
schrubben .]
To rub hard ;
to wash with rubbing ;
usually ,
to rub with a wet brush ,
or with something coarse or rough ,
for the purpose of cleaning or brightening ;
as ,
to scrub a floor ,
a doorplate .
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1913 Webster ]
Scrub \
Scrub \ (
skr [
u ^]
b ),
v .
i .
To rub anything hard ,
especially with a wet brush ;
to scour ;
hence ,
to be diligent and penurious ;
as ,
to scrub hard for a living .
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1913 Webster ]
Scrub \
Scrub \ (
skr [
u ^]
b ),
n .
1 .
One who labors hard and lives meanly ;
a mean fellow . "
A sorry scrub ." --
Bunyan .
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1913 Webster ]
We should go there in as proper a manner as possible ;
nor altogether like the scrubs about us .
--
Goldsmith .
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2 .
Something small and mean .
[
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3 .
A worn -
out brush . --
Ainsworth .
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4 .
A thicket or jungle ,
often specified by the name of the prevailing plant ;
as ,
oak scrub ,
palmetto scrub ,
etc .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Stock Breeding )
One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed ,
esp .
when inferior in size ,
etc . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
6 .
Vegetation of inferior quality ,
though sometimes thick and impenetrable ,
growing in poor soil or in sand ;
also ,
brush ; --
called also {
scrub brush }.
See {
Brush },
above .
[
Australia &
South Africa ]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .
PJC ]
7 . (
Forestry )
A low ,
straggling tree of inferior quality .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Scrub bird } (
Zool .),
an Australian passerine bird of the family {
Atrichornithidae },
as {
Atrichia clamosa }; --
called also {
brush bird }.
{
Scrub oak } (
Bot .),
the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak .
The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is {
Quercus ilicifolia },
a scraggy shrub ;
that of the Southern States is a small tree ({
Quercus Catesbaei });
that of the Rocky Mountain region is {
Quercus undulata },
var .
Gambelii .
{
Scrub robin } (
Zool .),
an Australian singing bird of the genus {
Drymodes }.
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1913 Webster ]
234 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scrub ":
a nobody ,
a nothing ,
abandon ,
ablate ,
ablation ,
ablution ,
abort ,
abrade ,
abrase ,
abrasion ,
abrasive ,
afforestation ,
arboretum ,
attrition ,
baptize ,
bark ,
bath ,
bathe ,
belay ,
boondocks ,
bramble ,
brier ,
brier bush ,
brush ,
brushwood ,
buff ,
buffing ,
burnishing ,
bush ,
bushveld ,
call off ,
cancel ,
cease ,
chafe ,
chafing ,
chase ,
cipher ,
cleaning out ,
cleanse ,
climax forest ,
cloud forest ,
common man ,
cut it out ,
dendrology ,
desist ,
detrition ,
discontinue ,
do away with ,
douche ,
douching ,
dressing ,
drop ,
drop it ,
dummy ,
elution ,
elutriation ,
end ,
enema ,
erase ,
erasure ,
erode ,
erosion ,
figurehead ,
file ,
filing ,
flush ,
flush out ,
flushing ,
flushing out ,
forest ,
forest land ,
forest preserve ,
forestry ,
fray ,
frazzle ,
fret ,
fretting ,
fringing forest ,
gall ,
gallery forest ,
galling ,
gargle ,
give over ,
give up ,
gnaw ,
gnaw away ,
grate ,
graze ,
grazing ,
greenwood ,
grind ,
grinding ,
halt ,
hanger ,
have done with ,
hold ,
holystone ,
index forest ,
insignificancy ,
irrigate ,
irrigation ,
jackstraw ,
jungle ,
jungles ,
knock it off ,
lather ,
lathering ,
launder ,
lavabo ,
lavage ,
lavation ,
lave ,
laving ,
lay off ,
leave off ,
lightweight ,
limation ,
little fellow ,
little guy ,
man of straw ,
mediocrity ,
mop ,
mop up ,
mopping ,
mopping up ,
national forest ,
nebbish ,
nobody one knows ,
nonentity ,
obscurity ,
palmetto barrens ,
park ,
park forest ,
pine barrens ,
pip -
squeak ,
polish ,
polishing ,
poor relation ,
primeval forest ,
protection forest ,
punk ,
quit ,
rain forest ,
rasp ,
rasping ,
raze ,
reforestation ,
refrain ,
relinquish ,
renounce ,
rinse ,
rinse out ,
rinsing ,
ritually immerse ,
rub ,
rub away ,
rub off ,
rub out ,
rubbing away ,
runt ,
sandblasting ,
sanding ,
scour ,
scouring ,
scrape ,
scraping ,
scratch ,
scratching ,
scrub up ,
scrubbing ,
scrubbing up ,
scrubland ,
scrubwood ,
scuff ,
secondary ,
selection forest ,
shampoo ,
shining ,
shower ,
shrimp ,
shrub ,
shrubbery ,
shrubland ,
shrubwood ,
silviculture ,
skin ,
sluice ,
sluice out ,
small fry ,
small potato ,
small potatoes ,
smoothing ,
soap ,
soaping ,
sponge ,
sponging ,
sprout forest ,
squirt ,
squit ,
stand of timber ,
state forest ,
stay ,
stop ,
subaltern ,
subordinate ,
swab ,
swabbing ,
syringe ,
terminate ,
timber ,
timberland ,
toivel ,
tree veld ,
tub ,
underling ,
understrapper ,
virgin forest ,
wash ,
wash out ,
wash up ,
washing ,
washing up ,
washout ,
washup ,
wear ,
wear away ,
wearing away ,
whiffet ,
whippersnapper ,
wildwood ,
wiping up ,
wood ,
woodland ,
woods
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