scrabble

英 [ˈskræbl]

美 [ˈskræbl]

v.  忙乱地找; 翻找; 乱抓; 乱动

过去式：scrabbled　现在分词：scrabbling　过去分词：scrabbled　复数：scrabbles　第三人称单数：scrabbles　

BNC.15837 / COCA.21530

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 忙乱地找；翻找；乱抓；乱动
  to try to find or to do sth in a hurry or with difficulty, often by moving your hands or feet about quickly, without much control
  1. She scrabbled around in her bag for her glasses.
     她在包里翻来翻去找眼镜。
  2. He was scrabbling for a foothold on the steep slope.
     他在陡坡上到处试探，想找个蹬脚的地方。
  3. a sound like rats scrabbling on the other side of the wall
     墙那面一种像老鼠乱抓的声音

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
  If youscrabble forsomething, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.
  1. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...
     他抓起夹克，然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
  2. I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
     我吊在那儿，两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
  3. Scrabble aroundorscrabble aboutmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble
  4. Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper...
     阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
  5. Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
     格莱布在干草中乱扒一通，翻出一本书来并把它打开。
• VERB 急于;苦求
  If you say that someoneis scrabbling todo something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.
  1. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...
     那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
  2. The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
     机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。
  3. Scrabble aroundmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 同 scrabble
  4. You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.
     你签了一份 6 个月的合同，接着还得拼命找下一个工作。

英英释义

noun

• an aimless drawing
  Synonym:scribbledoodle

verb

• write down quickly without much attention to detail
  Synonym:scribble
• feel searchingly
  1. She groped for his keys in the dark
  Synonym:grope for

双语例句

• Do you guys want to stick around and play Scrabble?
  你们想不想留下来再玩一会拼字游戏呢？
• I have beat you at scrabble!
  我在拼字游戏里赢了你！
• The design and development of the theme hotel in our country elementarily remains at the scrabble stage.
  我国主题饭店的设计和发展基本上处于摸索阶段。
• There everyone spends the evening playing Scrabble or watching TV.
  一个晚上大家玩玩牌，看看电视。
• More so than a lot of games, Scrabble seems to have universal appeal.
  拼字游戏比其它许多游戏更显出其广泛的号召力。
• He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change
  他抓起夹克，然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
• Michael's family celebrates with a regular Scrabble and pizza party every Friday night;
  迈克尔家每周五晚上都要欢快地玩拼字游戏，吃比萨饼；
• Scrabble about under the table for the dropped sweets I had to feel about in the dark for the light switch.
  在桌子底下摸索着找掉在地上的糖块.我得在黑暗中摸索着找电灯开关。
• When the inventor of scrabble, Alfred butts, said to his wife one Sunday morning in1931," have a look at this when you've finished your breakfast* I think I've invented a new game", he still had a lot of perfecting to do.
  1931年一个星期日的早晨，拼字游戏发明人阿尔弗来德伯茨对他妻子说：“早饭后让你看样东西，我想我发明了一种新游戏。”当时，他的发明还远未成熟。
• They play poker and Scrabble together, and the girls often shop with each other.
  他们在一起打牌，玩拼字游戏，女演员们经常一起去逛街。