scrabbled
past simple and past participle ofscrabble
| 单词 | scrabbled |
| 释义 | scrabbled past simple and past participle ofscrabble scrabble verb[I+ adv/prep] uk/ˈskræb.əl/us/ˈskræb.əl/to useyourfingerstoquicklyfindsomething that you cannotsee: He was scrabblinginthesandsearchingfor thering. totryto get somethingquicklythat is noteasilyavailable: Thegovernmentis scrabblingaroundforwaystoraiserevenuewithout putting uptaxes. informal toclimbquicklyand withoutcare: Paul scrabbledupthecliff,dislodgingseveralsmallstones. We were scrabblingovertherocksasfastas we could. Searching
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving quickly Trying and making an effort Hurrying and doing things quickly Examplesofscrabbledscrabbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I was similarly stumped, andscrabbledto think of one or two things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He hasscrabbledaround to try to find bits of extra money in an attempt to justify income tax cuts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theyscrabbledabout in the dirt and, although they were tiny, they asked lots of questions. 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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