scram·ble
verb/ˈskræmbl/
/ˈskræmbl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scramble | /ˈskræmbl/ /ˈskræmbl/ |
| he / she / it scrambles | /ˈskræmblz/ /ˈskræmblz/ |
| past simple scrambled | /ˈskræmbld/ /ˈskræmbld/ |
| past participle scrambled | /ˈskræmbld/ /ˈskræmbld/ |
| -ing form scrambling | /ˈskræmblɪŋ/ /ˈskræmblɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move quickly, especially with difficulty, using your hands to help you
（迅速而吃力地）爬，攀登 - She managed to scramble over the wall.
她手忙脚乱地翻过墙。 - He scrambled to his feet as we came in.
我们进来时，他赶紧从地上爬起来。 - They finally scrambled ashore.
他们终于爬上了岸。 - He scrambled up the cliff and raced towards the car.
他爬上悬崖，冲向汽车。
Extra Examples- He scrambled up the stairs.
他跌跌撞撞地爬上楼梯。 - They scrambled frantically over the piles of debris.
他们疯狂地爬过一堆堆瓦砾。 - We scrambled for cover and hid underneath the truck.
我们慌忙寻找藏身之处，最后躲在了卡车下面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- desperately
- frantically
- quickly
- …
- manage to
- down
- into
- out of
- …
- scramble for cover
- scramble to your feet
- scramble to safety
- …
- She managed to scramble over the wall.
- [intransitive] to push, fight or compete with others in order to get or to reach something
争抢；抢占；争夺 - scramble for something The audience scrambled for the exits.
观众竞相朝出口拥去。 - scramble to do something Shoppers were scrambling to get the best bargains.
顾客争先恐后地抢购最划算的特价商品。
- scramble for something The audience scrambled for the exits.
- [transitive] to manage to achieve something with difficulty, or in a hurry, without much control
艰难地（或仓促地）完成 - scramble something Cork scrambled a 1–0 win over Sligo.
科克队以 1:0 艰难战胜斯莱戈队。 - scramble something + adv./prep. Salah managed to scramble the ball into the net.
萨拉赫设法把球送进了网窝。
- scramble something Cork scrambled a 1–0 win over Sligo.
- [transitive, usually passive] scramble something to cook an egg by mixing the white and yellow parts together and heating them, sometimes with milk and butter
炒（蛋） - scrambled eggs
炒蛋
- scrambled eggs
- [transitive, often passive] scramble something to change the way that a phone or radio message sounds so that only people with special equipment can understand it
扰码（改变电话或无线电信号，使无专门设备的人无法解码） - scrambled satellite signals
扰码卫星信号
- scrambled satellite signals
- [transitive] scramble something to confuse somebody’s thoughts, ideas, etc. so that they have no order
扰乱（思维） - Alcohol seemed to have scrambled his brain.
酒精似乎扰乱了他的脑子。
- Alcohol seemed to have scrambled his brain.
- [transitive, usually passive, intransitive] scramble (something) to order that planes, etc. should take off immediately in an emergency; to take off immediately in an emergency
命令（飞机等）紧急起飞；紧急起飞 - A helicopter was scrambled to help rescue three young climbers.
直升机接到命令，紧急起飞前去营救三个登山的年轻人。 - They scrambled as soon as the call came through.
命令刚一下达，他们便紧急起飞。
- A helicopter was scrambled to help rescue three young climbers.
walk/climb
push/fight
achieve something with difficulty
eggs
telephone/radio
confuse thoughts
aircraft
Word Originlate 16th cent.: imitative; compare with the dialect words scamble ‘stumble’ and cramble ‘crawl’.