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| 1 | T to look at something very carefully, because you hope or expect to see a particular person or thing 细看；仔细察看；审视 |
| He scanned her face but there were no signs of emotion. 他审视着她的脸，但未见有任何情感的流露。 |
| scan sth for sb/sth Ella scanned the crowd for any sign of Geoff. 埃拉搜寻着人群，看有无杰夫的踪迹。 |
| anxiously/eagerly scan sth The pilot was anxiously scanning the sky for other air traffic. 飞行员焦急地在天空中仔细搜索着其他飞行器。 |
| | 1a | I/T if a machine or computer program scans something , it examines it in order to look for a particular thing （机器或计算机程序）扫描，察看 | | A program is supplied which scans for viruses and removes them. 有人提供了一个程序用来扫描并消除病毒。 | | Every fifty metres there was a camera scanning the road. 每50米有一个监视道路的摄像头。 | |
| | 1b | T to examine an area using sonar or radar equipment in order to find objects in it （用声呐或雷达）扫描，扫掠 | | The spacecraft scans the Earth’ s oceans with radar instruments. 航天器用雷达设备扫描地球上的大洋。 | |
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| 2 | scan I/T to read something very quickly , in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information 粗略地看；浏览 |
| Merrill opened the letter, scanned it briefly, and threw it away. 梅里尔打开信，粗略地浏览了一下，然后把它扔掉了。 |
| Tony scanned through the television programmes in the local newspaper. 托尼在当地报纸上浏览了一下电视节目预告。 |
| scan sth for sth She scanned the paper for any news of them. 她浏览报纸看看有没有他们的消息。 |
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| 3 | I/T to use a piece of equipment to read and store information in digital form 扫描 |
| You can use photographs and then scan them onto your computer. 你可以用照片，然后把它们扫描进计算机。 |
| His job was to scan bar codes in the store. 他的工作是在店里扫入条型码。 |
| scan in sth (=scan sth and store it in your computer) You can scan in a photograph of your home. 扫描某物并储存于计算机 |
| scan sth into sth Documents are scanned into a computer and then converted to electronic form. 文件被扫描进计算机，然后转换成了电子格式。 |
| | 3a | if a piece of equipment scans a document , photograph etc, it changes it into a form that can be stored in a computer 将（文件、照片等）扫描进计算机 | | A printer that can fax, scan, and copy saves space. 一台能传真、扫描和复制的打印机很节省空间。 | |
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| 4 | T to use a piece of equipment to produce a picture of the inside of a part of your body 扫描检查（身体内部） |
| In one test, the subjects’ brains were scanned while they read to themselves. 在一项测试中，实验对象在阅读时接受了对其大脑进行的扫描检查。 |
| | 4a | to use a piece of equipment to produce a picture of the inside of an object 扫描检查（物体内部） | | He waited while the X-ray machine scanned his luggage. 当X射线机扫描检查他的行李时他在一边等候着。 | |
| | 4b | to use a piece of equipment to see the developing baby in a pregnant woman 扫描检查（孕妇体内胎儿情况） | |
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| 5 | I technical if poetry scans, it has a regular rhythm (= pattern of beats) （诗）符合格律，韵节合拍 |
| These are poems that neither rhyme nor scan. 这是些既不押韵也不符合格律的诗。 |
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