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

• I managed to scrounge the materials to build a shed.
  我设法弄来点材料搭个棚子。
• Sure, you can likely scrounge together some visits and show some growth but you won't build direct traffic or a direct audience through it.
  当然你可以四处搜寻访客，访客也因此得到增加，但是由此不会形成直接的访问流量，也不会形成固定的访客群。
• 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。
• 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。
• We had to scrounge a bit for the wheels because they seem to be popular for yard ornaments.
  我们必须攒够一个车轮位，因为他们似乎对码饰品流行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Could you scrounge me uPA bucket?
  你能帮我找个桶来么？