scouring
冲洗,冲刷,洗涤,洗涤工作
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Definitions
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- : to remove dirt, grease, etc., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material: to scour pots and pans.
- : to remove from something by hard rubbing: to scour grease from pots and pans.
- : to clear or dig out as by the force of water, by removing debris, etc.
- : to purge thoroughly, as an animal.
- : to clear or rid of what is undesirable: to scour the nation of spies.
- : to remove by or as if by cleansing; get rid of.
- : to clean or rid of debris, impurities, etc., by or as if by washing, as cotton or wool.
- : Metallurgy. to rub against and corrode.
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- : to rub a surface in order to cleanse or polish it.
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Examples
When she was still ill after two weeks, she started scouring the Internet for information about other people who weren’t getting better.
So I’ve been scouring obscure parts of the webs and playing with them.
Dean scoured the literature because he had become personally interested in the topic, while working on a different project, in India.
Thanks to two intrepid researchers who spent more than a decade scouring records and archives across the globe, it now seems there could be more than twice as many surviving first editions as the long-accepted prior best estimates.
We scoured streaming services for shows and films so iconic you might not publicly admit you missed out on them.
Hundreds of civilian volunteers were recruited and trained, scouring communities for any evidence of Graham.
McLennan was scouring church land with his metal detector in September when he came across a silver spoon.
Still further online scouring by police produced another remarkable twist.
Reporters found that scouring the Internet for remarks made by Ukip members was proving fruitful.
She later confessed to poring over botanical volumes in search of suitable poisons and scouring the woods for lethal mushrooms.
But we must not remain outside to-day, for the troopers are scouring the forest, and may see you.