scouring

英 [ˈskaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈskaʊərɪŋ]

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
scour的现在分词

现在分词：scouring　复数：scourings　

医学

BNC.37796 / COCA.30171

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

• the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
  Synonym:scrubscrubbing
• moving over territory to search for something
  1. scouring the entire area revealed nothing

双语例句

• Hammer and colleagues were scouring the area for fossils after having found other new species there in the1990s.
  哈默和他的同事上世纪90年代就曾在这里发现了其他一些新的物种，之后他们一直在这一地区搜索化石。
• A special scouring process used to remove the natural gum, sericin, from silk, is called degumming.
  清除蚕丝中的天然胶一丝胶的过程叫做脱胶。
• Test Study on Extrusion and Scouring Characteristic of Weak Interlayer by Blasting
  爆破作用对软弱夹层的压密及冲刷特征试验研究
• The high winds that accompany the onrush of water also have a scouring effect on the land.
  大风伴随汹涌的水流，也会对土地造成冲刷效应。
• Scouring is a cleaning process used to remove impurities from fibers, yarns or cloth.
  煮练是一个对纤维、纱线、织物的清洁除杂过程。
• You can scour dirty pans by rubbing them with scouring powder.
  用去污粉可以把脏盘子擦净。
• In the process of washing, these swollen and decomposed impurities are washed off together with the residual caustic soda, thus improving the efficiency of scouring.
  在水洗过程中，这些膨化而分解了的杂质同残留的烧碱一起被洗除，从而使煮练效率提高。
• As flooding recedes, the terraces trap varying degrees of water according to their elevation and scouring by turbulence.
  洪水消退，梯田陷阱不同程度的水，根据其海拔和精练的动荡。
• The key of wool scouring waste water disposal is the recovery of wool grease to the greatest extent.
  处理好洗毛污水的关键是最大限度地提净污水中的羊毛脂。
• Scouring is not required and bleaching is usually also unnecessary since the whiteness is usually sufficient for dyeing and printing.
  如果面料的白度足够且能用以染色和印花的话，一般就不再需要洗涤和漂白了。