Scour



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• v. 擦洗, 擦亮
• ［英］ v. 擦洗, 擦亮 ( to rub hard with a rough material for cleansing)
• ［例］ ( 1) scour the saucepans so that they shine ( 把长柄锅擦亮) ( 2) They scoured the grounds for the missing keys.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch schuren, from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare to clean off, from Latin, to take good care of, from ex- + curare to care for, from cura care
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to rub hard especially with a rough material for cleansing
    • b. to remove by rubbing hard and washing
  • 2. archaic to clear (a region) of enemies or outlaws
  • 3. to clean by purging ; purge
  • 4. to remove dirt and debris from (as a pipe or ditch)
  • 5. to free from foreign matter or impurities by or as if by washing <scour wool>
  • 6. to clear, dig, or remove by or as if by a powerful current of water
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to perform a process of scouring
  • 2. to suffer from diarrhea or dysentery
  • 3. to become clean and bright by rubbing
• ? scourer noun

II. noun

• Date: 1681
• 1. a place scoured by running water
• 2. scouring action (as of a glacier)
• 3. diarrhea, dysentery — usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.
• 4. scouring 1; also damage done by scouring action

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle English scuren, skouren, probably from scour, noun, (in phrase god scour quickly), perhaps from Old Norse skūr shower; akin to Old English scūr shower — more at shower
• Date: 13th century
• intransitive verb
  • to move about quickly especially in search
• transitive verb
  • to go through or range over in or as if in a search

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