scrub

verb

/skrʌb/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they scrub	/skrʌb/ /skrʌb/
he / she / it scrubs	/skrʌbz/ /skrʌbz/
past simple scrubbed	/skrʌbd/ /skrʌbd/
past participle scrubbed	/skrʌbd/ /skrʌbd/
-ing form scrubbing	/ˈskrʌbɪŋ/ /ˈskrʌbɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[transitive, intransitive] to clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush and usually with soap and water擦洗；刷洗
- scrub something/yourself I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor.我发现他在厨房擦地板。
- He stepped into the shower and scrubbed himself all over.他走进浴室，全身擦洗。
- scrub something/yourself down She scrubbed the counters down with bleach.她用漂白剂把柜台擦洗干净。
- scrub at something The woman scrubbed at her face with a tissue.那女人用纸巾擦脸。
- scrub something/yourself + adj. Scrub the vegetables clean.把蔬菜刷洗干净。
- He scrubbed the mud from his shoes.他擦去鞋上的泥。
- The table had been scrubbed clean.桌子已经擦干净了。
- his freshly scrubbed face他刚刚洗过的脸
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- furiously
- vigorously
- thoroughly
- …
preposition
- at
- from
- off
- …
phrases
- freshly scrubbed
- scrub something clean
[transitive] scrub something (informal) to cancel something that you have arranged to do取消（原有安排）

词源verb late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schrobben, schrubben.

scrub

noun

/skrʌb/

[singular] an act of scrubbing something擦洗；刷洗
- I've given the floor a good scrub.我把地板彻底擦洗了一遍。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
verb + scrub
- give somebody/something
scrub + noun
- brush
[uncountable] small bushes and trees灌木丛；矮树丛
- The vegetation consisted of low scrub.植被由低矮的灌木丛组成。
- The bird disappeared into the scrub.鸟消失在矮树丛中。
- The horses stood near a patch of scrub.那些马站在一小片灌木丛附近。
- The mountain was covered in scrub.山上长满了矮树丛。
Topics Plants and treesc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- desert
- low
- dense
- …
… of scrub
- patch
verb + scrub
- be covered in
- be overgrown with
(also scrubland)
[uncountable] an area of dry land covered with small bushes and trees硬叶灌丛带；低矮灌木丛林地
- miles of desert scrub绵延数英里的沙漠灌木丛
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- desert
- low
- dense
- …
… of scrub
- patch
verb + scrub
- be covered in
- be overgrown with
scrubs
[plural] (specialist) the special clothes worn by surgeons when they are doing medical operations手术衣
Wordfinder
- amputate
- anaesthetic
- graft
- operation
- procedure
- scalpel
- scrubs
- stitch
- surgery
- transplant
Topics Medicinec2

词源noun sense 1 and noun sense 4 late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schrobben, schrubben. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English (in the sense ‘stunted tree’): variant of shrub.