scrounge

英 [skraʊndʒ]

美 [skraʊndʒ]

v.  白要; 白拿

过去式：scrounged　过去分词：scrounged　第三人称单数：scrounges　复数：scrounges　现在分词：scrounging　

TEM8

BNC.23957 / COCA.19582

习惯用语

n.

on the scrounge
• 讨要；索要
  trying to get sth by persuading sb to give it to you

牛津词典

verb

• 白要；白拿
  to get sth from sb by asking them for it rather than by paying for it
  1. He's always scrounging free meals off us.
     他老来我们家蹭饭吃。
  2. What is she scrounging for this time?
     这次她又来要什么？

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乞讨;索要
  If you say that someonescroungessomething such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it.
  1. Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
     威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。
  2. The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
     政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。

英英释义

verb

• collect or look around for (food)
  Synonym:forage
• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
  1. he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends
  Synonym:schnorrshnorrcadge

双语例句

• That's a nice change of pace from life in the Thar, where sizzling heat and scant moisture make survival a challenge, and the monkeys must scrounge for plants and occasional insects to eat.
  与在塔尔沙漠的生活步伐相比，这是一个不错的变化。在塔尔，火热热的气候和缺乏足够的水分使得生存成为一个挑战，猴子们必须搜寻植物和偶然出现的昆虫为食。
• He arrived home one day and told his young sons, 'Boys, we've lost it all; we're ruined.' Templeton worked odd jobs to scrounge his way through college and graduate school.
  有一天，他回家告诉年幼的儿子们：孩子们，我们赔光了；我们破产了。邓普顿靠打零工挣钱，艰难读完大学和研究生。
• I have a change of clothes, a blanket, and a sheet that three of you can use until I can scrounge up some real clothes.
  我有一些备用衣服，一条毛毯，一条被单，你们可以暂时用一下，我去找一些衣服来。
• I haven't gone shopping but I'm sure I can scrounge up something for dinner.
  我没有去购物，但我可以用现成的东西凑成一顿饭。
• Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park
  威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。
• He was sleeping under old houses and eating what little he could scrounge.
  他睡在破旧屋檐下，吃着乞讨来的那一丁点东西。
• I get emails from people I haven't heard from in years asking me how I'm doing and then asking if I can scrounge them some ground passes.
  有些好几年都没联系的人给我写E-mail问我近来怎样，然后就开口问我有没有场地通行证。
• The station director had to scrounge some records.
  这样，电台台长就不得不四处寻找唱片来播出。
• The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
  政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。
• So instead I scrounge the odd game here and there, occasionally persuading a friend to take out the pieces.
  因此我只得四处讨棋下，有时候说服朋友带棋出来玩。