scan
verb
uk/skæn/us/skæn/-nn-scanverb(LOOK)
C2[T]
tolookat somethingcarefully, with theeyesor with amachine, inorderto getinformation:
(用肉眼或用机器)细看,审视Sheanxiouslyscanned thefacesof the menleavingthetrain.她急切地盯着一张张走下火车的人的脸。
Doug scannedthehorizonforanysignof theboat.道格注视着地平线,搜寻着那只船。
Synonyms
check(EXAMINE)
checksomethingout(EXAMINE)informal
examine(LOOK AT CAREFULLY)
inspect
peruseformal
study(EXAMINE)
survey(LOOK AT)formal
C1[I+ adv/prep,T]
tolookthrough atextquicklyinordertofindapieceofinformationthat youwantor to get ageneralideaof what thetextcontains:
粗略地看;快读,浏览I scannedthroughthebookletbut couldn'tfindtheaddress.我很快地翻阅了一遍小册子,但没有找到那个地址。
Scan thenewspaperarticlequicklyand make anoteof themainpoints.把报上的那篇文章快速浏览一遍,记下要点。
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- saw
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab
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Reading
scanverb(MAKE PICTURE)
C1[IorT]
to use amachineto put apictureof adocumentinto acomputer, or to take apictureof the inside of something:
扫描(使用机器,将某一文件的图片放到计算机中,或截取某物内部的图片)I'll just scan thearticleinto thecomputer.我只能把这个文件扫描到计算机中。
Volunteers'brainswere scanned while theylookedat thepictures.当自愿者观察这个图片时,他们的大脑被扫描。
Allhandluggagehas to be scanned.所有手提行礼都必须经过扫描。
Computer concepts
- 3-D printing
- adaptive learning
- additive manufacturing
- addy
- aeroplane mode
- backup
- bulletin board
- capture
- computing
- configuration
- importation
- information age
- information security
- information superhighway
- infosec
- transcode
- transcoding
- Trojan horse
- tuple
- Turing Machine
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Copying and copies
scanverb(POEM)
[I]literaturespecialized
If apoemorpartof apoemscans, itfollowsapatternofregularbeats:
(诗)符合韵律节拍Thislinedoesn't scan - it has too manysyllables.这行诗不合节拍——音节太多了。
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- ode
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- tartan noir
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
scan
noun
uk/skæn/us/skæn/[S]
acarefulorquicklookthrough something:
粗略一看;浏览I gave thebookaquickscan, anddecidednot tobuyit.我粗粗地浏览了一下那本书,决定不买了。
C2[C]
amedicalexaminationin which animageof the inside of thebodyis made using aspecialmachine:
(身体的)扫描检查to do abrainscan接受脑部扫描
to have anultrasoundscan接受超声波扫描
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- saw
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab
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Medical examination