scrawl
verb/skrɔːl/
/skrɔːl/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they scrawl | /skrɔːl/ /skrɔːl/ |
| he / she / it scrawls | /skrɔːlz/ /skrɔːlz/ |
| past simple scrawled | /skrɔːld/ /skrɔːld/ |
| past participle scrawled | /skrɔːld/ /skrɔːld/ |
| -ing form scrawling | /ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/ |
- to write something in a careless untidy way, making it difficult to read
马马虎虎（或潦草）地写 - scrawl something (across/in/on/over something) I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper.
我努力想弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。 - scrawl across/in/on/over something Someone had scrawled all over my notes.
不知谁在我笔记上胡写乱画，弄得一塌糊涂。
Extra Examples- The official scrawled his signature at the bottom of the form.
该官员在表格底部潦草地签名。 - There was a message scrawled on the board.
黑板上潦草地写着一条信息。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScrawl is used with these nouns as the object:- graffiti
- signature
- word
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’. - scrawl something (across/in/on/over something) I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper.