| 释义 |
scrabbling, vbl. n.|ˈskræblɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. scrabble; also, an instance of this.
1582Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 116 Al they the like poste haste dyd make, with scarboro scrabbling. 1631Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. xiv. (1635) 74 Such..speeches are but as so many catches and scrabblings of a man over head in water. a1650P. Fletcher Father's Test. (1670) 20 They were suddenly frighted by some noise (perhaps the scrabling of their cat or dog). 1958Washington Post 31 Oct. a3/1 The kind of digging, scrabbling and clawing that accomplished the rescue of the 12 who were brought out alive early today. 1974D. Sears Lark in Clear Air v. 60 I'd never known anything other than hard times. Nor did rough scrabbling impose other than normal conditions on Brulé Township. |
