Scramble



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解释

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• v. 攀登; 争夺
• ［英］ v. 攀登 ( to move or climb hastily) ; 争夺 ( to struggle eagerly for possession of sth.)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: scr看作scale ( 攀登) +amble ( 快走)
• ［例］ scramble up the ladder ( 爬上梯子)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (scrambled; scrambling)

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of ［sup］1［/sup］scrabble
• Date: 1568
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to move with urgency or panic
    • b. to move or climb hastily on all fours
  • 2.
    • a. to struggle eagerly or unceremoniously for possession of something <scramble for front seats>
    • b. to get or gather something with difficulty or in irregular ways <scramble for a living>
  • 3. to spread or grow irregularly ; sprawl, straggle
  • 4. to take off quickly in response to an alert
  • 5. of a football quarterback to run with the ball after the pass protection breaks down
• transitive verb
  • 1. to collect by scrambling
  • 2.
    • a. to toss or mix together ; jumble
    • b. to prepare (eggs) by stirring during frying
  • 3. to cause or order (a fighter-interceptor group) to scramble
  • 4. to disarrange the elements of a transmission (as a telephone or television signal) in order to make unintelligible to interception
• ? scrambler noun

II. noun

• Date: 1648
• 1. the act or an instance of scrambling
• 2. a disordered mass ; jumble <a…scramble of patterns and textures — Vogue>
• 3. a rapid emergency takeoff of fighter-interceptor planes

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