scrabble

英 [ˈskræbl]

美 [ˈskræbl]

v.  忙乱地找; 翻找; 乱抓; 乱动

过去式：scrabbled　现在分词：scrabbling　过去分词：scrabbled　复数：scrabbles　第三人称单数：scrabbles　

BNC.15837 / COCA.21530

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 忙乱地找；翻找；乱抓；乱动
  to try to find or to do sth in a hurry or with difficulty, often by moving your hands or feet about quickly, without much control
  1. She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses.
     她在包里翻来翻去找眼镜。
  2. He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.
     他在陡坡上到处试探，想找个蹬脚的地方。
  3. a sound like rats scrabbling on the other side of the wall
     墙那面一种像老鼠乱抓的声音

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
  If youscrabble forsomething, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.
  1. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...
     他抓起夹克，然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
  2. I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
     我吊在那儿，两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
  3. Scrabble aroundorscrabble aboutmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble
  4. Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper...
     阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
  5. Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
     格莱布在干草中乱扒一通，翻出一本书来并把它打开。
• VERB 急于;苦求
  If you say that someoneis scrabbling todo something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.
  1. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...
     那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
  2. The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
     机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。
  3. Scrabble aroundmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 同 scrabble
  4. You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.
     你签了一份 6 个月的合同，接着还得拼命找下一个工作。

英英释义

noun

• an aimless drawing
  Synonym:scribbledoodle

verb

• write down quickly without much attention to detail
  Synonym:scribble
• feel searchingly
  1. She groped for his keys in the dark
  Synonym:grope for

双语例句

• They play poker and Scrabble together, and the girls often shop with each other.
  他们在一起打牌，玩拼字游戏，女演员们经常一起去逛街。
• Inventor Butts's favourite variation is double bag Scrabble, with the vowels and consonants in separate bags.
  发明人伯茨最喜欢的变化是双袋法，即把元音和辅音放在两个不同的口袋里。
• Scrabble rules: No letter may be moved after it has been played.
  纵横拼字游戏的规则：字母棋子已落到棋盘上就不许再动了。
• I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
  我吊在那儿，两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
• Scrabble clubs draw members from all backgrounds, although with a weighting to the educated.
  拼字游戏俱乐部在.注重吸收教育良好的成员外，对各种背景的人员也兼收并蓄。
• Scrabble about under the table for the dropped sweets I had to feel about in the dark for the light switch.
  在桌子底下摸索着找掉在地上的糖块.我得在黑暗中摸索着找电灯开关。
• Michelle has also said that Obama's urge to win sometimes makes him brag too much after winning family games, such as Scrabble or Monopoly.
  米歇尔也说有时候在家庭游戏，诸如拼字游戏或垄断游戏之后，奥巴马的获胜愿望使他吹嘘。
• She loves playing poker and Scrabble.
  她喜欢打打牌，玩拼字游戏。
• A Scrabble board, player, tournament a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner.
  拼字游戏板、参加者、比赛.竞技者进行一系列比赛决定胜者的体育比赛。
• We have stereotypical images in our minds of chess players, bridge players, poker players, but such an image is elusive when it comes to scrabble players.
  人们对于国际象棋、桥牌、扑克的参与者有固定的概念，可是这样的概念在拼字游戏中却是捉摸不定的。