scrounge

Word family

scrounge1 /skraʊndʒ/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] informal

ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto get money or something you want by asking other people for it rather than by paying for it yourself 乞讨，索取

scrounge for

a group of children scrounging for food

一群乞讨食物的儿童

scrounge something off/from somebody

I managed to scrounge some money off my dad.

我设法从爸爸那儿要了一点钱。

scrounge around (for something) American EnglishAmE

Leroy would scrounge around for old car parts.

勒罗伊会到处向别人讨要旧的汽车零件。

—scrounger noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

scrounge• When I was a kid I never had enough money for the bus, so I had to scrounge.• Nigel scrounged a drink off us before we left.• I scrounged a pound off her tonight.• For parts, he scrounged around various offices and supply rooms, scavenging what seemed useful.• Little thief, goddamn little thief, always after something, scrounging around.• We ate heartily every night, we could afford croissants at breakfast, and we stopped scrounging for cigarettes.• Like their comrades from earlier wars, many GIs developed and refined the craft of scrounging into a high art.• We managed to scrounge some cigarettes because we had no money left.• But scrounging supplies and space and creatively arranging the room are second nature to a good teacher.• Alcoholics are mocked and tormented when they can not scrounge the kopek needed for their next drink.• They scrounge wiring, plasterboard, wood, all kinds of building materials from local firms and are rebuilding the charred structure.

scrounge around (for something)• Little thief, goddamn little thief, always after something, scrounging around.• For parts, he scrounged around various offices and supply rooms, scavenging what seemed useful.

scrounge2 noun

be on the scrounge British EnglishBrE informalASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO something to be trying to get money or things you want by asking other people for them 索要，讨要〔钱、物〕

Origin scrounge

(1900-2000) scrunge “to steal” ((1900-2000))

scrounge1 verbscrounge2 noun

Chinese

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