scrub

• n. 矮树；洗擦；擦洗者；矮小的人（或物）
• vt. 用力擦洗；使净化
• vi. 擦洗；进行手臂消毒
• adj. 矮小的；临时凑合的；次等的

来自 shrub 拼写变体，词义由灌木引申为扫帚，刷子，刷洗，擦洗等。比较 broom,扫帚，原 义为灌木。

1. dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

2. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

scrub (v.)

"rub hard," early 15c., earlier shrubben (c. 1300), perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrubben "to scrub," or from an unrecorded Old English cognate, or from a Scandinavian source (such as Danish skrubbe "to scrub"), probably ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root of shrub, used as a cleaning tool (compare the evolution of broom, brush (n.1)).

Meaning "to cancel" is attested from 1828 (popularized during World War II with reference to flights), probably from notion of "to rub out, erase" an entry on a listing. Related: Scrubbed; scrubbing.

scrub (n.1)

late 14c., "low, stunted tree," variant of shrobbe (see shrub), perhaps influenced by a Scandinavian word (such as Danish dialectal skrub "a stunted tree, brushwood"). Collective sense "brush, shrubs" is attested from 1805. As an adjective from 1710. Scrub oak recorded from 1766.

Transferred sense of "mean, insignificant fellow" is from 1580s; U.S. sports meaning "athlete not on the varsity team" is recorded from 1892, probably from this, but compare scrub "hard-working servant, drudge" (1709), perhaps from influence of scrub (v.).

scrub (n.2)

"act of scrubbing," 1620s, from scrub (v.). Meaning "thing that is used in scrubbing" is from 1680s.

clean, clear, sweep, dust, mop, wipe, scrub

这些动词均有"使干净"之意。

clean： 是这些动词中最常用的词，指将某物或某处的污物等清除掉，弄干净。

clear： 指清除不要的东西。

sweep： 指用扫帚等进行清扫，也用作比喻。

dust： 指将积落在物体表面的尘土抹去、掸掉或擦去以保干净。

mop： 侧重指用拖把擦洗地板，有时也指擦干净或擦去。

wipe： 多指用布、纸等物把东西擦净，也指擦掉某物。

scrub： 指用硬刷、肥皂或水用力地擦洗某物。

Today, because of shrewd advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.

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I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor.

我见他在厨房擦地板呢。

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She scrubbed the counters down with bleach.

她用漂白剂把柜台擦洗干净。

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The woman scrubbed at her face with a tissue.

那女人用纸巾擦脸。

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Scrub the vegetables clean.

把蔬菜刷洗干净。

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This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin.

这种治疗需要把死皮的表层除去。

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I've given the floor a good scrub.

我把地板彻底擦洗了一遍。

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The bird disappeared into the scrub.

鸟消失在矮树丛中。

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Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating...

外科医生们在做手术前开始用肥皂和水清洗双手和胳膊。

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The corridors are scrubbed clean.

走廊擦得很干净。

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I started to scrub off the dirt...

我开始用力擦拭灰尘。

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Matthew scrubbed the coal dust from his face.

马修擦掉了脸上的煤灰。

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...an area of scrub and woodland.

一片丛林遍布之地

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You can also scrub with the cut onion, but also easy to get rid of rust.

您还可以与削减擦洗洋葱, 但也容易摆脱生锈.

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I got paint on my hands and it will not scrub off.

我手上弄上了油漆,洗也洗不掉.

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When you want to turn to scrub the gyration grooming.

洗擦时给拔取回旋扭转办法刷拭.

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The bottle with the bottle inside scrub brush, wash all the milk stains.

用瓶刷擦洗奶瓶内面, 洗掉全部奶渍.

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A crustacean seafood, in the use of water before cooking scrub clean its shell.

有甲壳的海鲜, 在烹调之前要用清水将其外壳刷洗干净.

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This floor needs a good scrub.

这地板需要好好地擦洗一番.

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Mosha Gao vegetables with milk and honey massage cream to scrub.

用蔬菜磨砂膏加蜜乳按摩霜做磨砂.

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Holliman decided that they had to take cover, so they scuttled into a patch of scrub.

霍利曼决定他们必须躲避, 因此他们逃进了一片灌木丛.

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I scrub my body.

我擦洗身体.

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Oh, Love, don't scrub off the stains on my bones.

哦, 亲爱的, 不要刮去我骨头上的污迹.

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Yao is not a scrub. We have trouble getting him the ball where he needs it.

姚明不是二流货色. 当他在需要球的地方,我们在给球方面碰到了麻烦.

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This scrub helps improve skin tone, texture and clarity to reveal brighter, more radiant skin.

此磨砂洗面奶能有效地调和肤色 、 和面纹,使肌肤更亮丽动人, 焕发光彩.

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Kevin crossed through the scrub to the huge oak.

走过一片灌木丛,凯文来到那个死去的巨大橡树旁.

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The door needs a scrub.

门需要刷一下.

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