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verb ˈskaʊəˈskaʊ(ə)r 1with object Clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent. 擦亮 她擦亮了锅。 I was scouring out the pans 我正在擦平底锅。 Example sentencesExamples - The chain mail had begun to rust, despite her attempts to scour it clean, and the cotton undershirt was stained and getting a bit rank.
- In the past, tooth-whitening products consisted of mild abrasives and detergents that were designed to scour the teeth and remove stains from the surface.
- For grease build-up, soak pots in very hot water with detergent; then scour them with soap-filled steel wool pad.
- One woman admitted she cleans her skirting boards with cotton buds, while another scoured the kitchen floor with steel wool for hours on end.
- Utensils, pots, counters are scoured clean as soon as they are used.
- Similarly, campers can scour plates clean with mud, ash, or riverside moss, then rinse and dry them in the sun.
- He stopped scouring the floor and looked up at me, ‘Amazingly, cleaning helps me get my mind off of being self-destructive.’
- Likewise the tires must be properly scoured to remove deep down grime and small particles it came contact with on the road.
- Mild abrasives are used to scour pots and pans, oven interiors, and drip pans.
- Untinned copper is traditionally used in ‘preserving pans’ for making jam, which should be well scoured before use.
- Soak the filters in hot soapy water, then scour them with salt or baking soda and rinse thoroughly.
- To freshen the disposal, pour baking soda on your scrub brush and scour the inside.
Synonyms scrub, rub, clean, wash, cleanse, wipe polish, buff (up), shine, burnish abrade Scottish & Northern English dight archaic furbish - 1.1 Remove (dirt or unwanted matter) by scouring.
擦洗，擦掉 use an electric toothbrush to scour off plaque 用电动牙刷擦洗齿菌斑。 Example sentencesExamples - Do not scour off the seasoned finish built up on cast iron over long use.
- 1.2 (of water or a watercourse) make (a channel or pool) by flowing quickly over something and removing soil or rock.
（水，水道）冲成沟渠（或池塘） a stream came crashing through a narrow cavern to scour out a round pool below 一条小溪哗啦啦地从小洞中流过在下面冲出一个圆形的池塘。 Example sentencesExamples - He reasoned that the water and spray had scoured away the soft shale, leaving the overhanging ledge of hard limestone.
- The glacier scoured away all the rock above the Portland brownstone leaving a mantle of glacial till.
- There was enough flow to scour out and maintain the channels in the lower river so that when the flood comes it can handle it.
- These underwater rock piles run perpendicular from shore toward the channel to divert water to help scour the channel.
- The channels were probably scoured by storms and filled with shells removed from inner platform settings.
- After a big rain, a rush of water down nude valley hills scours away the top-soil.
- As the tides push and suck at the shores, glaciers gnaw at mountains and rivers scour gaping canyons out of gullies, one sees plain evidence of the earth's state of continual transition.
- The water flow has scoured deep pools underneath the trees, creating excellent cover habitat for fish.
- This weekend's spring tides might help scour out the bank of sand and restore a semblance of tidal passage.
- Back then, the cataclysmic flood waters in the region scoured away the soils of Eastern Washington and carried house-sized boulders from Montana as far away as Oregon.
2no object (of livestock) suffer from diarrhoea. （家畜）患腹泻 he went out to deal with piglets who were scouring Example sentencesExamples - Accustomed to ensilage, a full ration of alfalfa would start the cows scouring and by tomorrow morning the pasture would stink.
- 2.1archaic with object Administer a strong purgative to.
〈古〉给…服强力泻药 he immediately proceeded to scour him with the most potent medicines
noun ˈskaʊəˈskaʊ(ə)r mass noun1The action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water. 擦洗；冲洗 the scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion Example sentencesExamples - These have become eroded in places, truncating the reflectors and producing scour around obstructions.
- The Sound is protected from ice scour by a string of offshore islands.
- We now understand that this testifies to the recurring disturbance that these habitats receive from fluctuating water levels, fire, ice scour and storms.
- Some remedial work to prevent scour and undermining of the foundations was carried out during the last century to the new bridge but it is now showing signs of wear.
- Unlike the bows there is no scour here and the depth is a level 40m.
- Beneath the bow, the seabed is again deepened by a tidal scour to 46m.
- On the margin of the channelled scour, the fill deposits pinch out leaving only a bioclastic lag of oysters and pectinids.
- Ice scour is a major structuring force in nearshore marine benthic Antarctic communities.
- Unlike the stern, the seabed at the bow is at 34m, with virtually no scour.
- 1.1in singular An act of rubbing something hard to clean or brighten it.
擦拭动作 give the floor a good scour 好好擦拭一下地板。
2Diarrhoea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs. （家畜，尤指牛、猪的）腹泻（病） Example sentencesExamples - It is the most important way to prevent scours and virus problems.
- Rotavirus is responsible for up to half of all scours in calves.
- Control of scour is often done through use of electrolytes to prevent dehydration.
- Where there has previously been an outbreak of scour on a farm, cows may be vaccinated to help boost immunity of the calf.
- One of the key issues facing cattle farmers heading into the Spring is that of scour.
- E.Coli causes a straw yellow type scour in calves one to four days old.
- Cows can be vaccinated against rotavirus and the other organisms that cause scour, passing the protection on to their calves via colostrum and milk.
- We always find that feeding a lot of dairy ration caused scour in the calf, whereas if the ration is used as part of the daily diet there is no problem.
- Increased incidence of calf scours over the period studied corresponded with increases in calf WW.
- The major impact of calf scours is the economic loss to the ranch operation.
- Good farmyard management and cleanliness can control scour, and early and rapid treatment are essential once an outbreak occurs.
- If you have problems with scour ask your vet about the steps you can take to prevent it in your herd.
Derivativesnoun ˈskaʊərə Clean the fish scales off the handle with a plastic pot scourer. Example sentencesExamples - In the case of plastral staining by tannin and other deposits, the plastron was scrubbed with a stainless steel scourer to allow visibility of the plastral figure.
- They hadn't a clue about the right products and materials for the job - one lummox had even ruined a stainless steel cooker by attacking it with a steel scourer.
- Lin said the bamboo leaves are first scrubbed with a scourer to make them soft.
- Bicarb is a great gentle scourer and natural odour absorber.
OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from late Latin excurare 'clean (off)', from ex- 'away' + curare 'to clean'. Rhymesbower, cower, devour, dower, embower, empower, endower, flour, flower, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower verb ˈskaʊəˈskaʊ(ə)r [with object]1Subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something. 仔细搜索；浏览 David scoured each newspaper for an article on the murder 戴维急速浏览每份报纸寻找有关这次谋杀的文章。 Example sentencesExamples - Since many of the traditional black-glazed roof tiles broke in the quake, contractors had to scour other disused Japanese buildings for replacements.
- The documentary team has scoured the region for the most unusual stories on heritage, lifestyle and history and they've come up with a treasure trove of the bizarre and unusual.
- By torch light we scour the walls, scribbling down our answers, working silently.
- Having scoured Europe for a suitable estate with water frontage, they had bought Ballynatray ‘on its last legs’ according to one conservation expert.
- Jack looked up, his eyes scouring over the many cones and dozens of police-men scattered around the area.
- Forensic teams were yesterday scouring the area for clues, while detectives conducted house to house interviews.
- One baby site advises that you get down on the baby's level and scour the floor for anything he could see.
- I'm still scouring through the record bins of old farmers who have died.
- Concentrating harder, he scoured the playground, trying to find out where and who the voice was coming from.
- A plane has joined the search as police scour the thinly-wooded land for the gunman and for any sign of the missing tourist.
- It seems the girls are having a much harder time of it, scouring the shops of Edinburgh for the perfect frock.
- A rescue helicopter was scrambled to help search teams to scour the area, which is one of the sparsely populated places in Britain.
- If necessary scour Europe for the best restoration brains to reverse this destruction.
- Anya resumed scouring the floor for her missing shoe, walking with a stumping gait.
- Fund managers are constantly scouring the UK for companies with steadily rising earnings-per-share and smaller companies with access to ground-breaking new technologies.
- Around 30 officers scoured the murder scene for clues and carried out door-to-door enquiries in the area.
- Shake up your menu occasionally, and scour supermarket shelves for flavorful extras.
- The newly minted label heralds itself as a label that scours the globe in search of the best electronic music producers and artists.
- I've been scouring the bins for a clean version of this for years.
- I've scoured through the last chapter and have changed all the mistakes I could find.
Synonyms search, comb, hunt through, rummage through, sift through, go through with a fine-tooth comb, root through, rake through, leave no stone unturned, mine, look all over, look high and low in ransack, turn upside-down, turn over drag Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through - 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move rapidly in a particular direction, especially in search or pursuit of someone or something.
（尤指搜索追捕时）快速行走 她擦亮了锅。 Example sentencesExamples - Surely a tower of bone that looks as though it could touch the sun itself, would be noticeable to one of the many search parties that had scoured through this land.
OriginLate Middle English: related to obsolete scour 'moving hastily', of unknown origin. verbˈskou(ə)rˈskaʊ(ə)r [with object]1Clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent. 擦亮 Example sentencesExamples - For grease build-up, soak pots in very hot water with detergent; then scour them with soap-filled steel wool pad.
- One woman admitted she cleans her skirting boards with cotton buds, while another scoured the kitchen floor with steel wool for hours on end.
- Utensils, pots, counters are scoured clean as soon as they are used.
- He stopped scouring the floor and looked up at me, ‘Amazingly, cleaning helps me get my mind off of being self-destructive.’
- Likewise the tires must be properly scoured to remove deep down grime and small particles it came contact with on the road.
- Mild abrasives are used to scour pots and pans, oven interiors, and drip pans.
- In the past, tooth-whitening products consisted of mild abrasives and detergents that were designed to scour the teeth and remove stains from the surface.
- The chain mail had begun to rust, despite her attempts to scour it clean, and the cotton undershirt was stained and getting a bit rank.
- Soak the filters in hot soapy water, then scour them with salt or baking soda and rinse thoroughly.
- Similarly, campers can scour plates clean with mud, ash, or riverside moss, then rinse and dry them in the sun.
- Untinned copper is traditionally used in ‘preserving pans’ for making jam, which should be well scoured before use.
- To freshen the disposal, pour baking soda on your scrub brush and scour the inside.
Synonyms scrub, rub, clean, wash, cleanse, wipe - 1.1 Remove (dirt or unwanted matter) by rubbing with an abrasive or detergent.
擦洗，擦掉 use an electric toothbrush to scour off plaque 用电动牙刷擦洗齿菌斑。 no object I've spent all day mopping and scouring Example sentencesExamples - Do not scour off the seasoned finish built up on cast iron over long use.
- 1.2 (of water or a watercourse) make (a channel or pool) by flowing forcefully over something and removing soil or rock.
（水，水道）冲成沟渠（或池塘） a stream came crashing through a narrow cavern to scour out a round pool below 一条小溪哗啦啦地从小洞中流过在下面冲出一个圆形的池塘。 Example sentencesExamples - As the tides push and suck at the shores, glaciers gnaw at mountains and rivers scour gaping canyons out of gullies, one sees plain evidence of the earth's state of continual transition.
- This weekend's spring tides might help scour out the bank of sand and restore a semblance of tidal passage.
- Back then, the cataclysmic flood waters in the region scoured away the soils of Eastern Washington and carried house-sized boulders from Montana as far away as Oregon.
- The glacier scoured away all the rock above the Portland brownstone leaving a mantle of glacial till.
- He reasoned that the water and spray had scoured away the soft shale, leaving the overhanging ledge of hard limestone.
- There was enough flow to scour out and maintain the channels in the lower river so that when the flood comes it can handle it.
- The water flow has scoured deep pools underneath the trees, creating excellent cover habitat for fish.
- After a big rain, a rush of water down nude valley hills scours away the top-soil.
- These underwater rock piles run perpendicular from shore toward the channel to divert water to help scour the channel.
- The channels were probably scoured by storms and filled with shells removed from inner platform settings.
2archaic Administer a strong purgative to. 〈古〉给…服强力泻药
nounˈskou(ə)rˈskaʊ(ə)r 1The action of scouring or the state of being scoured, especially by swift-flowing water. 擦洗；冲洗 Example sentencesExamples - Unlike the bows there is no scour here and the depth is a level 40m.
- On the margin of the channelled scour, the fill deposits pinch out leaving only a bioclastic lag of oysters and pectinids.
- The Sound is protected from ice scour by a string of offshore islands.
- We now understand that this testifies to the recurring disturbance that these habitats receive from fluctuating water levels, fire, ice scour and storms.
- Some remedial work to prevent scour and undermining of the foundations was carried out during the last century to the new bridge but it is now showing signs of wear.
- Unlike the stern, the seabed at the bow is at 34m, with virtually no scour.
- Beneath the bow, the seabed is again deepened by a tidal scour to 46m.
- Ice scour is a major structuring force in nearshore marine benthic Antarctic communities.
- These have become eroded in places, truncating the reflectors and producing scour around obstructions.
- 1.1in singular An act of rubbing something hard to clean or brighten it.
擦拭动作 give the floor a good scour 好好擦拭一下地板。
2Diarrhea in livestock, especially cattle and pigs. （家畜，尤指牛、猪的）腹泻（病） Example sentencesExamples - Cows can be vaccinated against rotavirus and the other organisms that cause scour, passing the protection on to their calves via colostrum and milk.
- The major impact of calf scours is the economic loss to the ranch operation.
- We always find that feeding a lot of dairy ration caused scour in the calf, whereas if the ration is used as part of the daily diet there is no problem.
- Where there has previously been an outbreak of scour on a farm, cows may be vaccinated to help boost immunity of the calf.
- If you have problems with scour ask your vet about the steps you can take to prevent it in your herd.
- One of the key issues facing cattle farmers heading into the Spring is that of scour.
- Control of scour is often done through use of electrolytes to prevent dehydration.
- Rotavirus is responsible for up to half of all scours in calves.
- Good farmyard management and cleanliness can control scour, and early and rapid treatment are essential once an outbreak occurs.
- E.Coli causes a straw yellow type scour in calves one to four days old.
- Increased incidence of calf scours over the period studied corresponded with increases in calf WW.
- It is the most important way to prevent scours and virus problems.
OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from late Latin excurare ‘clean (off)’, from ex- ‘away’ + curare ‘to clean’. verbˈskou(ə)rˈskaʊ(ə)r [with object]1Subject (a place, text, etc.) to a thorough search in order to locate something. 仔细搜索；浏览 David scoured each newspaper for an article on the murder 戴维急速浏览每份报纸寻找有关这次谋杀的文章。 Example sentencesExamples - A plane has joined the search as police scour the thinly-wooded land for the gunman and for any sign of the missing tourist.
- Having scoured Europe for a suitable estate with water frontage, they had bought Ballynatray ‘on its last legs’ according to one conservation expert.
- If necessary scour Europe for the best restoration brains to reverse this destruction.
- Since many of the traditional black-glazed roof tiles broke in the quake, contractors had to scour other disused Japanese buildings for replacements.
- The newly minted label heralds itself as a label that scours the globe in search of the best electronic music producers and artists.
- I've scoured through the last chapter and have changed all the mistakes I could find.
- Around 30 officers scoured the murder scene for clues and carried out door-to-door enquiries in the area.
- It seems the girls are having a much harder time of it, scouring the shops of Edinburgh for the perfect frock.
- Concentrating harder, he scoured the playground, trying to find out where and who the voice was coming from.
- Jack looked up, his eyes scouring over the many cones and dozens of police-men scattered around the area.
- Forensic teams were yesterday scouring the area for clues, while detectives conducted house to house interviews.
- The documentary team has scoured the region for the most unusual stories on heritage, lifestyle and history and they've come up with a treasure trove of the bizarre and unusual.
- I'm still scouring through the record bins of old farmers who have died.
- Anya resumed scouring the floor for her missing shoe, walking with a stumping gait.
- One baby site advises that you get down on the baby's level and scour the floor for anything he could see.
- I've been scouring the bins for a clean version of this for years.
- By torch light we scour the walls, scribbling down our answers, working silently.
- Fund managers are constantly scouring the UK for companies with steadily rising earnings-per-share and smaller companies with access to ground-breaking new technologies.
- Shake up your menu occasionally, and scour supermarket shelves for flavorful extras.
- A rescue helicopter was scrambled to help search teams to scour the area, which is one of the sparsely populated places in Britain.
Synonyms search, comb, hunt through, rummage through, sift through, go through with a fine-tooth comb, root through, rake through, leave no stone unturned, mine, look all over, look high and low in - 1.1no object, with adverbial of direction Move rapidly in a particular direction, especially in search or pursuit of someone or something.
（尤指搜索追捕时）快速行走 她擦亮了锅。 Example sentencesExamples - Surely a tower of bone that looks as though it could touch the sun itself, would be noticeable to one of the many search parties that had scoured through this land.
OriginLate Middle English: related to obsolete scour ‘moving hastily’, of unknown origin. |