scour
verbto search a place or thing carefully and completely in order to find somebody/something synonym comb(彻底地)搜寻,搜查,翻找 - scour something (out)
to clean something by rubbing its surface hard with rough material (用粗糙的物体)擦净,擦亮 to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period 冲刷成;冲刷出 - scour something out
The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream. 水顺着山坡流下来,冲刷出一条小河道。 - scour something away
The rush of water had scoured away the topsoil. 水流冲走了表层土。 - scour something
We could see where the cartwheels had scoured the ground. 我们可以看到车轮碾过地面的地方。 The water flow has scoured deep pools underneath the trees. 水流冲刷了树下的深潭。
- scour something out
Word Originsenses 2 to 3 Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from late Latin excurare ‘clean (off)’, from ex- ‘away’ + curare ‘to clean’.sense 1 late Middle English: related to obsolete scour ‘moving hastily’, of unknown origin.