scouring 音标拼音: [sk'ɑʊɚɪŋ]
n . 洗擦;渣滓;人渣
洗擦;渣滓;人渣
scouring n 1 :
moving over territory to search for something ; "
scouring the entire area revealed nothing "
2 :
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water [
synonym : {
scrub }, {
scrubbing }, {
scouring }]
Scour \
Scour \ (
skour ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scoured };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Scouring }.] [
Akin to LG .
sch ["
u ]
ren ,
D .
schuren ,
schueren ,
G .
scheuern ,
Dan .
skure ;
Sw .
skura ;
all possibly fr .
LL .
escurare ,
fr .
L .
ex curare to take care .
Cf .
{
Cure }.]
1 .
To rub hard with something rough ,
as sand or Bristol brick ,
especially for the purpose of cleaning ;
to clean by friction ;
to make clean or bright ;
to cleanse from grease ,
dirt ,
etc .,
as articles of dress .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To purge ;
as ,
to scour a horse .
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3 .
To remove by rubbing or cleansing ;
to sweep along or off ;
to carry away or remove ,
as by a current of water ; --
often with off or away .
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[
I will ]
stain my favors in a bloody mask ,
Which ,
washed away ,
shall scour my shame with it .
--
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . [
Perhaps a different word ;
cf .
OF .
escorre ,
escourre ,
It .
scorrere ,
both fr .
L .
excurrere to run forth .
Cf .
{
Excursion }.]
To pass swiftly over ;
to brush along ;
to traverse or search thoroughly ;
as ,
to scour the coast .
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Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain . --
Pope .
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5 .
To cleanse or clear ,
as by a current of water ;
to flush .
If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch . --
Blackstone .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Scouring barrel },
a tumbling barrel .
See under {
Tumbling }.
{
Scouring cinder } (
Metal .),
a basic slag ,
which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace . --
Raymond .
{
Scouring rush }. (
Bot .)
See {
Dutch rush },
under {
Dutch }.
{
Scouring stock } (
Woolen Manuf .),
a kind of fulling mill .
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1913 Webster ]
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scouring ":
ablation ,
ablution ,
abrasion ,
abrasive ,
afterglow ,
afterimage ,
attrition ,
balance ,
bones ,
buffing ,
burnishing ,
butt ,
butt end ,
candle ends ,
chafe ,
chaff ,
chafing ,
cleaning out ,
culm ,
deadwood ,
debris ,
detrition ,
detritus ,
dishwater ,
douche ,
douching ,
draff ,
dregs ,
dressing ,
dust ,
elution ,
elutriation ,
end ,
enema ,
erasure ,
erosion ,
fag end ,
filing ,
filings ,
flush ,
flushing ,
flushing out ,
fossil ,
fretting ,
galling ,
garbage ,
gash ,
grazing ,
grinding ,
hogwash ,
holdover ,
husks ,
irrigation ,
lathering ,
lavabo ,
lavage ,
lavation ,
laving ,
leavings ,
lees ,
leftovers ,
limation ,
mopping ,
mopping up ,
odds and ends ,
offal ,
offscourings ,
orts ,
parings ,
polishing ,
potsherds ,
rags ,
rasping ,
raspings ,
refuse ,
relics ,
remainder ,
remains ,
remnant ,
residue ,
residuum ,
rest ,
rinse ,
rinsing ,
roach ,
rubbing away ,
rubbish ,
ruins ,
rump ,
sandblasting ,
sanding ,
sawdust ,
scourings ,
scrap iron ,
scrape ,
scraping ,
scraps ,
scratch ,
scratching ,
scrub ,
scrubbing ,
scrubbing up ,
scuff ,
scum ,
shadow ,
shampoo ,
shards ,
shavings ,
shining ,
slack ,
slag ,
slop ,
slops ,
smoothing ,
soaping ,
sponge ,
sponging ,
straw ,
stubble ,
stump ,
survival ,
swabbing ,
sweepings ,
swill ,
tares ,
trace ,
vestige ,
wash ,
washing ,
washing up ,
washout ,
washup ,
wastage ,
waste ,
waste matter ,
wastepaper ,
wear ,
wearing away ,
weeds ,
wiping up
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