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Scrub Hard Clean Brush   [V Floor Good Grease

英语单词 scrub
英美音标 英 [skrʌb] 美 [skrʌb]
中文释义 n.用力擦洗;矮树;渺小之物
v.用力擦洗
英语例句 (1) Give that floor a good hard scrub.
(2) The country is covered in scrub.
(3) We found the animal on a scrub hill.
(4) Although she scrubbed the old pot thoroughly, she could not make it look completely clean.
(5) The spilt ink won't scrub out easily.
(6) I'll have to scrub off all the oil muck.
中文例句 (1) 使劲擦洗一下那地板。
(2) 这一地区为矮灌木丛覆盖。
(3) 我们在一个灌木丛生的丘陵上找到这动物。
(4) 虽然她彻底地用力擦洗那只旧壶,但她无法把它完全洗干净。
(5) 泼出的墨水不容易擦洗掉。
(6) 我得把这些油污都擦洗掉。
vocabulary简明 When you scrub something, you wash it forcefully. You might scrub your dirty bathtub with a brush and some bleach, for example.
vocabulary扩展 When you scrub your floor, you use elbow grease — in other words, you work hard to get the floor clean. You might need to scrub your fingernails after a morning working on your car's engine, rubbing with a nail brush to get the grease off. Word experts think that scrub comes from the Middle Low German word schrubben, which also means "to scrub."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]用力擦洗;刷净 If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.
  [V n]
  [be V-ed adj]
  [a N]
  • Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating...

    外科医生们在做手术前开始用肥皂和水清洗双手和胳膊。

  • The corridors are scrubbed clean.

    走廊擦得很干净。

  • Scrub is also a noun.
    • The walls needed a good scrub.

      这些墙壁得好好擦洗。

2
[VERB 动词]擦掉(灰尘、污渍) If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard.
  [V n with off/away]
  [V n prep]
  • I started to scrub off the dirt...

    我开始用力擦拭灰尘。

  • Matthew scrubbed the coal dust from his face.

    马修擦掉了脸上的煤灰。

3
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指少雨地区的)低矮丛林,灌木丛 Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain.
  • ...an area of scrub and woodland.

    一片丛林遍布之地

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