scrambled
past simple and past participle ofscramble
| 单词 | scrambled |
| 释义 | scrambled past simple and past participle ofscramble scramble verb uk/ˈskræm.bəl/us/ˈskræm.bəl/scrambleverb(MOVE QUICKLY)C2[Iusually+ adv/prep] tomoveorclimbquicklybut withdifficulty, often usingyourhandstohelpyou: She scrambledupthesteephillsideandovertherocks. He scrambledintohisclothes(= put them onquickly)andracedto gethelp. As theburningplanelanded, theterrifiedpassengersscrambledforthedoor(=triedtoreachthedoorquickly). to move onto or towards the top of something
[I] tocompetewith otherpeoplefor something there is very little of: [+ to infinitive]People are scramblingtobuypropertybeforepricesriseevenfurther.
Moving quickly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving upwards Moving on your hands and legs or on your stomach Competing and contending (non-sporting) scrambleverb(MIX)[T](alsoscramble up) to put things such as words orlettersin thewrongorderso that they do not makesense: He had ahabitof scrambling his words whenexcited. [T] tomixeggswith a littlemilkandmixagain as they are beingfried Mixing and mixtures
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cookery terms scrambleverb(CHANGE SIGNAL)[T] tochangearadioorphonesignalso that it can only beunderstoodusing aspecialdevice Codes & decoding
scrambleverb(TAKE OFF)[IorT]militaryspecialized to (causeaplaneto) take off veryquickly: Ahelicopterwas scrambled withinminutesof thenews. Air travel: travelling by aircraft
Examplesofscrambledscrambled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Scrambledfaces were interspersed as target stimuli to control for attention. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the hypothesis ofscrambledrepeats seems unlikely. From theCambridge English Corpus A significant difference is apparent, however, between real overlaps andscrambledzeros overlaps at all except the first rank. From theCambridge English Corpus Both experimenter and caregiver wore headphones playingscrambledversions of the stimuli, which effectively mask the actual stimuli delivered to the infant. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not know if there is a transitive, completelyscrambledhomeomorphism. From theCambridge English Corpus The problems were relatively easy when the words werescrambled, altho ugh monosyllabic constructions were easier than the others. From theCambridge English Corpus As it develops, especially in the second half of the century, the picture becomes increasingly variegated,scrambled, and confused. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, (3b) shows that an elementscrambledlong distance cannot serve as the antecedent of a lexical anaphor. From theCambridge English Corpus This would be true even if the cortical representation were completelyscrambled. From theCambridge English Corpus Thescrambledcase is derived by a movement transformation, so its representation contains a trace. From theCambridge English Corpus The problems were relatively easy when the words werescrambled, although monosyllabic constructions were easier than the others. From theCambridge English Corpus The 60 sentences were presented inscrambledorder. From theCambridge English Corpus By the second rank, significant structure develops with real overlaps floating abovescrambled-zero overlaps but remaining statistically similar to conserved-zero overlaps. From theCambridge English Corpus Then we will prove that a tame system has noscrambledpair. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, it is crucial that the right-dislocated phrase isscrambledout of various islands. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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