[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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He decided to scour the sink.
他决定把水池擦干净。
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scour/ˈskaʊə(r); NAmEˈskaʊər/verb1scoursth (for sb/sth) to search a place or thing thoroughly in order to find sb/sth (彻底地)搜寻,搜查,翻找SYN
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◆We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.我们四处查看,想找一个搭帐篷的地方。2scoursth (out) to clean sth by rubbing its surface hard with rough material (用粗糙的物体)擦净,擦亮◆I had to scour out the pans.我得把这些锅擦干净。3scoursth (away/out) |scoursth (from/out of sth) to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period 冲刷成;冲刷出◆The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream.水顺着山坡流下来,冲刷出一条小河道。scourscoursscouredscouringscour/ˈskaʊə(r); NAmEˈskaʊər/
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scourscour /skaʊə $ skaʊr/ verb [transitive]
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1to search very carefully and thoroughly through an area, a document etcscour something for something Her family began to scour the countryside for a suitable house.2 (also scour out) to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough materialSYN scrub: Ada was scouring out the pans.3 (also scour out) to form a hole by continuous movement over a long period: Over the years, the stream had scoured out a round pool in the rock.
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