scoop
noun /skuːp/
  /skuːp/
 - enlarge image[countable] a tool like a large spoon with a deep bowl, used for picking up substances in powder form like flour, or for serving food like ice cream勺;铲子 - Use an ice-cream scoop.用冰淇淋勺。 
 
- Use an ice-cream scoop.
- [countable] the amount picked up by a scoop一勺(的量) - two scoops of mashed potato两勺土豆泥 
 
- two scoops of mashed potato
- [countable] a piece of important or exciting news that is published in one newspaper before other newspapers know about it抢先报道的新闻;独家新闻 
- the scoop[uncountable] the scoop on somebody/something (North American English, informal) the latest information about somebody/something, especially details that are not generally known(尤指详情鲜为人知的)最新消息 - I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.我得知有关他新女友的最新内幕消息。 
 
- I got the inside scoop on his new girlfriend.
词源Middle English (originally denoting a utensil for pouring liquids): from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schōpe ‘waterwheel bucket’; from a West Germanic base meaning ‘draw water’; related to the verb shape.



