scoured
past simple and past participle ofscour
| 单词 | scoured |
| 释义 | scoured past simple and past participle ofscour scour verb uk/skaʊər/us/ˈskaʊ.ɚ/scourverb(CLEAN)[T](alsoscour out) toremovedirtfrom something byrubbingit hard with somethingrough: You'll have to scour out thoseoldcookingpotsbefore you use them. Cleaning generally
scourverb(SEARCH)[T] tosearchaplaceor thing verycarefullyinordertotrytofindsomething: Thepoliceare scouring theareaforthemissingchild. I scoured theshopsforablueandwhiteshirt, but I couldn'tfindoneanywhere. to search for something
Searching
scourverb(ANIMAL ILLNESS)[I] (offarmanimals,especiallycowsandpigs) to havediarrhoea: Severalcalveswere scouring and onediedwithindays. Zoology: veterinary medicine
Phrasal verbscoursomethingout Examplesofscouredscoured In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hescouredthe country for pupils who were already literate and knew the rudiments of arithmetic. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, the large fuselage number on one side had beenscouredaway by wind. From theCambridge English Corpus The sandstones consist of stacked sheets (0.5-1.5 m thick) separated by flat to slightlyscouredbounding surfaces. From theCambridge English Corpus As one would expect, he hasscouredthe newspapers of the era for significant reviews and interviews. From theCambridge English Corpus The most controversial section is that dealing with postulated tsunami-generated coastal forms, especiallyscouredbedrock surfaces. From theCambridge English Corpus It has instead beenscouredaway by a handful of riveting future person cases collectively known as the 'non-identity problem'. From theCambridge English Corpus This facies shows an erosional/scouredupper contact (sections 1, 2). From theCambridge English Corpus The ignimbrite has ascouredbase overlain by inverse-graded lapilli-tuff with diffuse bedding that passes up into massive lapillituff. From theCambridge English Corpus Live individuals were also occasionallyscouredand entrained. From theCambridge English Corpus The world is increasingly beingscouredfor large deposits of good quality ore which are near the seaboard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Imports have been encouraged and the world has beenscouredfor goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If youscouredthe whole county you would not have got a better zoologist and geologist than those two men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As an export company, wescouredthe world for work and had teams working with local people all over the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us havescouredall sources to find such a case, but without success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The manager of the local employment exchangescouredthe country for a valve fitter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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