scour

英 [ˈskaʊə(r)]

美 [ˈskaʊər]

v.  (彻底地)搜寻，搜查，翻找; (用粗糙的物体)擦净，擦亮; 冲刷成; 冲刷出

现在分词：scouring　过去式：scoured　过去分词：scoured　第三人称单数：scours　

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牛津词典

verb

• （彻底地）搜寻，搜查，翻找
  to search a place or thing thoroughly in order to find sb/sth
  1. We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.
     我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
• （用粗糙的物体）擦净，擦亮
  to clean sth by rubbing its surface hard with rough material
  1. I had to scour out the pans.
     我得把这些锅擦干净。
• 冲刷成；冲刷出
  to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period
  1. The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream.
     水顺着山坡流下来，冲刷出一条小河道。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 四处搜索;细查
  If youscoursomething such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
  1. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles...
     救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
  2. We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
     我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
• VERB 擦净;擦亮
  If youscoursomething such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
  1. He decided to scour the sink.
     他决定把水池擦干净。

英英释义

noun

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

verb

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  1. flush the wound with antibiotics
  2. purge the old gas tank
  Synonym:flushpurge
• clean with hard rubbing
  1. She scrubbed his back
  Synonym:scrub
• rub hard or scrub
  1. scour the counter tops
  Synonym:abrade
• examine minutely
  1. The police scoured the country for the fugitive

双语例句

• I admire the rock standing at the sea for it endures the scour of the tide.
  我钦佩那兀立在海边的岩石，它勇敢地迎接海的冲刷。
• Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles
  救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
• A study on channel scour rate of sediment laden flow and river bed inertia
  挟沙水流的冲刷率及河床惯性的研究
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
  我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
• The paper calculates the volume of scour and fill of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River respectively through the observed data of cross sections, coming sediment and variations of water level with same discharge and the results are basically the same.
  摘要通过实测断面资料、来沙量资料和同流量水位的变化等，对黄河内蒙古河段的冲淤量分别进行了估算，其结果基本一致。
• Application of the measure of scour prevention of spur dike foundation in the practical engineering
  丁坝基础冲刷防护措施在工程中的应用
• He decided to scour the sink.
  他决定把水池擦干净。
• Analysis on Experimental Effect of Using and Optimizing the Spring Flood to Scour Tongguan Elevation in 2008
  2008年利用并优化桃汛洪水冲刷潼关高程试验效果分析
• The effect of the length of dike and protrusion ratio of river on the incipient velocity is analyzed, it sets up the foundation of evaluating the influence of vertical vortex on the local scour.
  分析了坝长和束窄率对瞬时起动流速的影响，为进一步分析竖轴旋涡对坝前颗粒运动及局部冲刷的作用建立了基础。
• Rain will scour the dam body.
  雨水冲刷坝体；