1 VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找 If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it. 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
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He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change. [VERB + for]
他抓起夹克,然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
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I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold. [VERB to-infinitive]
我吊在那儿,两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
SYN scrape, scratch, scramble, dig
Scrabble around or
scrabble about means the same as
scrabble .
scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble -
Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper.
阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
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Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
格莱布在干草中乱扒一通,翻出一本书来并把它打开。
2 VERB 急于;苦求 If you say that someone is scrabbling to do something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible. 急于;苦求 [Also V P to-inf]
SYN strive, rush, hasten, run
Scrabble around means the same as
scrabble .
scrabble around 同 scrabble -
You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.
你签了一份 6 个月的合同,接着还得拼命找下一个工作。
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