scoured是什么意思？

scoured

• v. 走遍（某地）搜寻（人或物）( scour的过去式和过去分词 )，（用力）刷，擦净，擦亮；

例句

• The stream had scoured a channel. 溪流冲出一条水道。
• 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。
• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side. 急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟.
• Dinah would contract such an immoderate attachment to her scoured tin. 黛娜对于那些擦得亮晶晶的锡器会忽然倍加宠爱起来.
• She scoured the saucepan with cleanser. 她用清洁剂把锅擦亮.
• They had scoured the intervening miles of moorland. 他们已经仔细搜遍了其间绵延数英里的高沼地。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues. 我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  四处搜索;细查
  If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
  例句
  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。 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 you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
  例句
  He decided to scour the sink. 他决定把水池擦干净。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. worn away as by water or ice or wind