1
- a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing痂。
1.1
- mass noun mange or a similar skin disease in animals疥癣。参见SHEEP SCAB.
1.2
- mass noun [usu. with modifier] any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which rough patches develop, especially on apples and potatoes疥疮, 疮痂斑点。
2
- figurative, informal a person or thing regarded with dislike and disgust〈喻, 非正式〉恶棍, 无赖; 卑鄙无耻的事情。
2.1
- derogatory a person who refuses to strike or join a trade union or who takes the place of a striking worker〈贬〉不愿参加罢工（或工会）者; 顶替罢工工人去上班的人。
(scabbed, scabbing)no obj.
1
- usu. as adj. scabbed become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs结痂：
she rested her scabbed fingers on his arm.
她把她结痂的手指放到他的手臂上。
2
- act or work as a scab不参加罢工, 当工贼; 顶替罢工工人去上班。
2.1
- with obj. Brit. informal scrounge〈英, 非正式〉偷取; 擅取。
派生词
scab-like
adjective词源
Middle English (as a noun)： from Old Norse skabb; related to dialect shab （compare with SHABBY）. The sense 'contemptible person' （dating from the late 16th cent.） was probably influenced by Middle Dutch schabbe 'slut'.