scrub

1. V-T If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water. 用力刷洗

Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating. 外科毉生們?cè)谑中g(shù)前開(kāi)始用肥皂和水清洗他們的手和手臂。

2. N-SING Scrub is also a noun. 用力刷洗

The walls needed a good scrub. 這些牆需要一次好好的刷洗。

3. V-T If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard. (將汙漬等從某物上) 用力擦 (除)

I started to scrub off the dirt. 我開(kāi)始用力擦除汙物。

4. V-T to delete or cancel 刪除; 取消[非正式]

5. N-UNCOUNT Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain. (尤指少雨地區(qū)的) 矮灌木叢

There is an area of scrub and woodland beside the railway line. 那條鉄路旁邊有一片矮灌木叢和林地。

6. N-PLURAL Scrubs are the protective clothes that surgeons and other hospital staff wear in operating rooms. 手術(shù)服[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [非正式]

...a man wearing blue hospital scrubs. …一個(gè)穿著藍(lán)色的毉院手術(shù)服的男子。

7. N a small or insignificant person 小人物

8. N anything stunted or inferior 次貨

9. N a player not in the first team 二流隊(duì)員[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)] [sport]

10. ADJ small, stunted, or inferior 矮小的; 低劣的