词汇 | scrounge |
释义 | scrounge 1 ENTRIES FOUND: scrounge (verb) scrounge /ˈskraʊnʤ/ verb scrounges; scrounged; scrounging scrounge /ˈskraʊnʤ/ verb scrounges; scrounged; scrounging Learner's definition of SCROUNGE 1 : to persuade someone to give you (something) for free白拿;白要 [+ object] I managed to scrounge enough money for a bus ticket.我设法弄到了够买一张公共汽车票的钱。 — often + off or from I scrounged a few bucks off my friend for lunch.我从朋友那里拿了几块钱去吃午饭。 She scrounged some money from her folks.她从家人那里要到了一些钱。 [no object] He's always scrounging off his friends instead of paying for things himself.他总是蹭朋友的,自己从不付账。 2 US : to get or find something by looking in different places, asking different people, etc.搜寻;四处寻找 [no object] We scrounged around for firewood.我们到处捡柴火。 [+ object] We managed to scrounge some firewood.我们设法捡了些柴火。 — often + up I tried to scrounge up some tickets to the show, but I didn't have any luck.我想搞些这场演出的门票,但结果一无所获。 — scrounger noun, plural scroungers [count] |
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