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。
• Thus a new-type continuously scouring basin was proposed.
  提出了一种新型冲洗式沉沙池，并进行了模型试验。
• Cleaning Product Series is including special scouring pad, sponge scouring pad and multifunctional scrub brush.
  清洗产品系列包括特别是精练垫，海绵垫和冲刷多功能洗刷刷。
• Foreign buyers are scouring the U.S.for everything from guitar strings and wine corks to used dump trucks and newsprint.
  外国买家正在美国大肆采购诸如吉他弦、葡萄酒瓶塞、二手自卸车和新闻纸等各种产品。
• Except the flow velocity and Froude number, the other hydrodynamic parameters increased over the water discharge scouring time.
  除流速和弗劳德数外，其余水动力参数随放水时间的延长呈递增趋势；
• 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。
• 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。
• Do not use any type of abrasive pad, scouring powder or solvent such as alcohol or benzine.
  切勿使用任何类型的沙布，抛光粉或如酒精，汽油等溶剂进行清洁。
• 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 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。