Translations for „scour“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

I . scour¹ [ˈskaʊə] VB trans

1. scour:

scour

擦亮 cāliàng

scour

擦洗 cāxǐ

2. scour:

scour

冲刷(成) chōngshuā

3. scour:

scour

擦掉 cādiào

scour

洗掉 xǐdiào

scour the rust off [or away]

擦去锈迹

II . scour¹ [ˈskaʊə] N

scour

擦 cā

scour

冲刷 chōngshuā

scour² [ˈskaʊə] VB trans

scour

在…四处寻找 zài…sìchù xúnzhǎo

The police scoured the city for the bank robbers.

警察在全城搜寻银行抢劫犯。

Usage examples with scour

scour the rust off [or away]

擦去锈迹

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Degradation scour occurs both upstream and downstream from a bridge over large areas.

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The structure and slab-on-grade was pile supported due to poor soil conditions and concern over scour from hurricanes.

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In those days, scouring powder was made from tallow and finely ground quartz.

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Trees in the area were completely debarked or reduced to stumps, and grass was scoured from the ground.

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Two feet has been recommended as a minimum settling basin depth to avoid bottom scour.

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Their initial month was expensive as they scoured grocery stores for whatever they could find.

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A distinction is made between strudel scours and ice scours.

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The ice was so thick that it scoured the sandstone down to depths of 700ft m below sea level.

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The bushrangers scoured the familys possessions, but left after finding nothing of value.

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Scour by the river on the bank here was causing persistent bank erosion.

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