scrabble

美 [ˈskræbl]英 [ˈskræbl]
  • vi.翻找;乱抓;忙乱地找;乱动
  • n.争夺;(乱)扒;挣扎;奋斗

过去式: scrabbled 现在分词: scrabbling 过去分词: scrabbled 第三人称单数: scrabbles

scrabblescrabble

verb

especially BrE忙乱地找;翻找;乱抓;乱动
to try to find or to do sth in a hurry or with difficulty, often by moving your hands or feet about quickly, without much control

She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses.

她在包里翻来翻去找眼镜。

He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.

他在陡坡上到处试探,想找个蹬脚的地方。

a sound like rats scrabbling on the other side of the wall

墙那面一种像老鼠乱抓的声音

scrabble

频次

  • 1
    VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
    If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.

    He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...

    他抓起夹克,然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。

  • 2
    VERB 急于;苦求
    If you say that someone is scrabbling to do something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.

    The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...

    那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。

noun

1
an aimless drawing
Synonym: scribble doodle

verb

1
write down quickly without much attention to detail
Synonym: scribble
2
feel searchingly
She groped for his keys in the dark
Synonym: grope for

数据来源:WordNet

  1. He scrabbled through piles of photographs to find the one he wanted .

    他在大堆的照片中翻找着他所要的那张。

  2. She scrabbled in her large handbag .

    她在她的大手提包里胡乱翻找。

  3. She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses .

    她在包里翻来翻去找眼镜。

  4. He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope .

    他在陡坡上到处试探,想找个蹬脚的地方。

  5. The opportunity had gone . His mind scrabbled for alternatives .

    机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。

  6. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs

    那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。

  7. He was scrabbling for his pen , which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper .

    他摸索着找他那支丢在那摞纸下面的钢笔。

  8. I hung there , scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold .

    我吊在那儿,两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。

  9. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change

    他抓起夹克,然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。

  10. The pony scrabbled up and waited for the rider , who remounted and carried on .

    小马挣扎着站了起来等着骑车,直到他再次上马赶路。

  11. Game in Social Structure : A Case of Scrabbling for the Property Right of a House

    结构博弈:&个争夺房屋产权的案例

  12. Dan : Who would have thought scrabble could be so therapeutic ?

    谁能想到拼字游戏能泄漏“心”机。

  13. Do you guys want to stick around and play Scrabble ?

    你们想不想留下来再玩一会拼字游戏呢?

  14. Scrabble , a test of English language skills

    拼字游戏&对英语文字能力的考验

  15. Researchers scrabble for funds , and students complain of large classes and reduced teaching time .

    研究人员需要钱,学生抱怨大班上课和课时缩减也需要钱来摆平。

  16. You will feel a lot better after a crushing Scrabble victory .

    在压倒性的胜利后你会感觉好多。

  17. The dog scrabbled at the door , trying to get out .

    狗在门上胡乱抓着想出去。

  18. In some places , there are just too many companies scrabbling around for talent .

    在一些地方,有太多的企业四处网罗人才。

  19. Scrabble rules : No letter may be moved after it has been played .

    纵横拼字游戏的规则:字母棋子已落到棋盘上就不许再动了。

  20. There everyone spends the evening playing Scrabble or watching TV .

    一个晚上大家玩玩牌,看看电视。

  21. It is kind of hard to picture Lenny playing scrabble .

    很难想像兰尼玩填字游戏。

  22. Scrabble ? Oh , you pick seven tiles with different letters .

    拼字游戏你要选七张字母不同的字母牌

  23. He is busy at the desk , scrabbling for application papers .

    他在书桌上翻来翻去,寻找申请书。

  24. The main measure of scrabbling for market has gradually turned from commodity export into technology and capital output .

    争夺市场的主要手段逐渐由以商品输出为主变为以技术资本输出为主,由进出口贸易主导转为以跨国资本营运为主。

  25. He scrabbled about under the table for a key .

    他在桌子底下手忙脚乱地四处找钥匙。

  26. BIVR members were quizzed by the team behind the popular word game Scrabble .

    调查团队通过给英国速记人员协会的成员们玩拼字游戏的方式完成了这个小测试。

  27. The design and development of the theme hotel in our country elementarily remains at the scrabble stage .

    我国主题饭店的设计和发展基本上处于摸索阶段。

  28. Then cultured Vero cells and influenza virus dynamic , primarily scrabbled the feasible condition .

    然后采用动态培养Vero细胞并接种流感病毒,初步摸索适宜的培养条件。

  29. More so than a lot of games , Scrabble seems to have universal appeal .

    拼字游戏比其它许多游戏更显出其广泛的号召力。

  30. One is based on Scrabble , the board game where players try to form words from letters with different point values .

    其中一部分是拼字游戏,选手们用不同分值的字母拼出单词。

  • 短语动词

乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找

乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找

急于;苦求

同义词

vi.

grub delve

v.

flail