scrawl
verb [transitive, intransitive]to write something in a careless untidy way, making it difficult to read synonym scribble马马虎虎(或潦草)地写 - scrawl something (across/in/on/over something)
I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper. 我努力想弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。 - scrawl across/in/on/over something
Someone had scrawled all over my notes. 不知谁在我笔记上胡写乱画,弄得一塌糊涂。
Extra ExamplesThe official scrawled his signature at the bottom of the form. 官员在表格底部潦草地签了名。 There was a message scrawled on the board. 黑板上潦草地写着一条信息。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScrawl is used with these nouns as the object:- graffiti
- signature
- word
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’.- scrawl something (across/in/on/over something)