scoop

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ldoce_291_ascoop1 /skuːp/ noun [countableC]

1 TCNan important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it 〔抢先登出或播出的〕独家新闻

a journalist looking for a scoop

抢独家新闻的记者

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2. $ice_cream_scoop.jpg$ DFUa round deep spoon for serving food, for example ice cream or mashed potato 勺，球形勺

3 (also scoopful)DFTM an amount of food served with a scoop 一勺之量

scoop of

two scoops of ice cream

两勺冰激凌

4 American EnglishAmE informal information about something 消息，信息

the inside scoop (=special information that other people do not have) on the markets

关于市场的内部消息

what’s the scoop? (=used to ask for information or news) 有什么消息吗？

Examples from the Corpus

scoop• CNN recognized its opportunity for a scoop.• CNN quickly recognised the opportunity for a scoop.• I suppose they might represent a considerable academic scoop.• an ice cream scoop• Cut the bottom off a four pint plastic milk container to make a free food scoop.• Their toecaps turned little scoops of dust as they walked.• It was his first major scoop and he promised not to reveal the source of his information.• Like most scoops, it came down to desire.• Place scoops of the ice cream into individual serving dishes.• They were pouring scoops of dirt on my coffin, but I was banging on the lid to get out.

scoop of• a big scoop of mashed potatoes

inside scoop• He gave me the inside scoop on the Biggest Wave story: the thirty-five-foot mountain he'd ridden on 5 January 1985.

Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing

scoop2 verb [transitiveT]

1 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]LIFT to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand 〔用勺子或手〕舀出；捧起，掬起

She bent down and scooped up the little dog.

她弯腰抱起小狗。

Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.

把番茄切成两半，用茶匙把籽挖出。

2 TCNto be the first newspaper to print an important news report 〔报纸〕抢先…报道

Time and again, we have scooped our rivals.

我们一再抢在对手之前登出报道。

3 British EnglishBrE to win a prize or award 赢取，捧走〔奖项〕

Britain scooped the top prize in the over-50s category.

英国队捧走了50岁以上组别的头奖。

4 scoop something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left 把…抢购一空

Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale.

开卖仅仅几个小时，影迷们就把收藏卡抢购一空。

Examples from the Corpus

scoop up• He had a plastic bag in his pocket and he knelt down in the grass and scooped it up.• She watched Victorine and Baptiste scoop it up.• Holmes scooped the cat up and presented her to Mrs Hudson.• If you could get out of the submersible, you could scoop the animals up by the handful.• By eight months, Hannah could pick up small objects by scooping them up into her fist.• The kitten suddenly flings out a paw and scoops the object up into the air and backwards over its shoulder.• I said and scooped him up, letting Clarisa rave on.• Kadan scooped the twins up off the floor.

Examples from the Corpus

scoop• A shallow river had scooped a fertile valley out of the limestone mountains.• Driven beyond sense, she made no protest when he scooped her easily into his arms and strode deeper into the forest.• She'd felt that strength when he'd scooped her easily into his arms.• Bedford scooped potatoes from a serving dish on to his plate.• He has been seen in the square scooping the birds into a cardboard box 40 at a time.• Charlie loved to scoop the competition.• The latter is currently scooping up 480 / 0 of the cash.• The computer will point you in the right direction of a fuel pod which can be scooped up at close range.• Hasty scooped up the loose ball.

Origin scoop1

(1300-1400) Middle Dutch schope

scoop1 nounscoop2 verb

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