scouring
present participle ofscour
| 单词 | scouring |
| 释义 | scouring present 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 Examplesofscouringscouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Upon arrival, several calves werescouringand one died within days. From theCambridge English Corpus Likewise, noscouringstructures are evident, indicating that the trackway was not eroded by a cur rent. From theCambridge English Corpus Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar orscouring, and show erosional features; flute casts, tool marks, rip-up clasts. From theCambridge English Corpus Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar orscouringand show erosional features; tool marks, flute casts, gutter casts, load casts, and rip-up clasts. From theCambridge English Corpus This leaves the interested researcherscouringthrough the vast case study literature that addresses elections and party competition. From theCambridge English Corpus We hope that excluded researchers understand the difficulty inscouring30 years of literature. From theCambridge English Corpus I learned about their back-breaking workscouringthe countryside for wood to warm the water and, finally, how impossible it was to find clean water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By the middle of 1965 stocks were very low and the cement makers werescouringthe world for imports at high prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Two of the legs began to wobble, and that again caused morescouringof the sand until eventually, having dislodged 6 ft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It isscouringthe country for spare suitable rolling stock, so far to no avail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This silting is only held in check by thescouringaction of the flood waters coming down from the upper reaches of the river. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I imagine it is those in which soap has to be used inscouringwool yarn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our leading stores arescouringthe world for high quality textiles because they are not avail able at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am keen to see an increase in the use of the private finance initiative for thescouringof public projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that there was somescouringof past texts to come up with that formula. 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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