scrape

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scrape1 /skreɪp/ verb

1 [transitiveT]REMOVE to remove something from a surface using the edge of a knife, a stick etc 〔用小刀等〕刮除

Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly.

把這些胡蘿蔔去皮切成薄片。

scrape something away/off

The earth was scraped away to uncover a trapdoor.

把土刮掉後露出了活板門。

scrape something off/into etc something

Teresa scraped the mud off her boots.

特雷莎把靴子上的泥巴刮掉。

The two of them scraped their dishes clean.

他們兩個把盤子擦得幹幹淨淨。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MIRUB to rub against a rough surface in a way that causes slight damage or injury, or to make something do this （使）摩擦；擦傷；刮壞 → graze

The coat was too long; the hem scraped the pavement.

大衣太長，下擺都拖到地面了。

scrape against/on etc

I heard the side of the car scrape against the wall.

我聽到汽車的側面蹭着牆了。

scrape something against/on something

I scraped my knee painfully on the concrete.

我的膝蓋蹭到混凝土上，很痛。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SOUND to make a noise by rubbing roughly against a surface （使）發出刺耳的刮擦聲

Chairs scraped loudly as they stood up.

他們站起來時椅子發出很響的刮擦聲。

scrape (something) on/down/against something

He opened the gate quietly, trying not to let it scrape on the gravel.

他輕輕地打開大門，盡量不讓它刮到碎石。

4 scrape home especially British EnglishBrEWIN to win a race, election, or competition by a very small amount 〔在賽跑、選舉或競賽中〕險勝

The Tories may scrape home, but it’s unlikely.

保守黨也許會以微弱優勢獲勝，但可能性不大。

Examples from the Corpus

scrape home• In 1964 the All Blacks defeated Leinster 11-5, they won 17-8 in 1972 and scraped home 8-3 in 1974.• The referees decided that Foreman had just scraped home.• A poll for the Peterborough Evening Telegraph suggests that the Tories will scrape home.• We scraped home by the skin of our teeth.• The Green Party scraped home in the local elections.• Then they are inside, waiting while he scrapes home the bolts.• Even so, two of them scraped home without reaching the quota.

5 scrape (the bottom of) the barrel informalUSE somethingACCEPT to have to use something even though it is not very good, because there is nothing better available 將就，湊合

It was clear that the party was scraping the barrel for competent politicians.

很明顯，該政黨正對能幹的政治家降格以求。

Examples from the Corpus

scrape (the bottom of) the barrel• At that time I thought we were scraping the barrel.• Has Hollywood scraped the barrel for bimbos?• Unions were bargaining for dental insurance, as if scraping the barrel to come up with new benefits.

n6. [transitiveT] technical if a computer program scrapes data, it collects it from a website

→ bow and scrape at bow1(5), → scrape/scratch a living at living2(1) PHRASAL VERBS

Examples from the Corpus

scrape• We wanted one of us to be there when Drew or Melinda scraped a knee or lost a friend.• Where the water dripped on to my dirt floor, I scraped a trench with my pocket knife to let it drain out.• The sound of knives and forks scraping against plates filled the canteen.• It was not until we felt the exhaust pipe scraping along the road that we realized there was something wrong with the car.• Furious Republicans united against it, and it barely scraped by.• A wind sound scrapes its thatching of sticks.• Metal scraped loudly as the snowplow drove past.• Three workmen came into the store -- I could hear their boots scraping on the floor.• We scraped our shoes on the doorstep to get the mud off them.• The sharp rocks, or moraine, which were stuck in the glaciers caused them to scrape out the valleys much deeper.• He hears a scraping sound: a chair being moved.• Has Hollywood scraped the barrel for bimbos?• I'll have to scrape the ice off the windscreen before we set off.• Outside snow plows were scraping the street.• You'll need to scrape the windshield - it's covered in ice.• I can't scrape you off my mind nor even, it seems, off the end of my pen.• Stop scraping your chair!

scraped ... clean• Donald just about hid his disgust as a suitable pan was selected from the sink and scraped clean.• Most of what remained of the Murrah Building has been carried away, the earth scraped clean.• The two of them scraped their dishes clean.• His sandals had been scraped clean but they still looked pretty dingy.• By the time our bowls were scraped clean, our anxieties would be stilled, our spirits jaunty.• It was hurriedly written on a scrap of papyrus which had been used and scraped clean several times before.

scrape against/on etc• In your sleeping mind these images knock and scrape against each other, creating strange collages of familiar and distorted material.• Where in their travels the plates slam and scrape against each other, we find geological unrest.• Mrs Boatwright was out of breath and had some bad scrapes on her knees.• So Benn scraped on in the seventh of seven places.• Something scraped against one of the windows.• The wooden door creaks open, scraping on the cement floor.• His bare feet scraping on the gritty cement pavement made such an unpleasant sound that Fakhru decided not to follow too closely.• The noise of the skid plates scraping against the steel runway chattered and growled through the ship.

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