scrounge
发音
How to pronounce scrounge in British English:
英 [skraʊndʒ]
How to pronounce scrounge in American English:
美 [skraʊndʒ]
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- Verb:
- collect or look around for (food)
- obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
单词词源
- scrounge (v.)
- "to acquire by irregular means," 1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge "to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer" (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe "to pry about;" or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge "push, jostle" (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I. Related: Scrounged; scrounging.
双语例句
- 1. Can I scrounge a bandage from your aid kit , sir ?
- 2. Could you scrounge me upa bucket ?
- 3. I can 't even scrounge proficiently .
- 4. Not the homeless who scrounge for bits of metal .
- 5. I haven 't gone shopping but I 'm sure I can scrounge up something for dinner .