Scour

scour



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擦淨,擦亮,洗滌

沖刷成 [(+out)]



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–verb (used with object) 

1. 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].  



2. to remove (dirt, grease, etc.) from something by hard rubbing: to scour [grease] from pots and pans. 

3. to clear or dig out (a channel, drain, etc.) as by the force of water, by removing debris, etc. 

4. to purge thoroughly, as an animal. 

5. to clear or rid of what is undesirable: to scour the nation of [spies]. 

6. to remove by or as if by cleansing; get rid of. 

7. to clean or rid of debris, impurities, etc., by or as if by washing, as cotton or wool. 

8. Metallurgy. (of the contents of a blast furnace) to rub against and corrode (the refractory (耐火的) lining).  



–verb (used without object) 

9. to rub a surface in order to cleanse or polish it. 

10. to remove dirt, grease, etc. 

11. to become clean and shiny. 

12. to be capable of being cleaned by rubbing: 



The roasting pan scours [easily].  



13. (of a plow 犁,(大寫) 北斗七星, cultivator, etc.) to pass through the ground without soil clinging to the blade. 

14. (of a plow, shovel, etc.) to become polished from use.  



–noun

15. the act of scouring. 

16. the place scoured. 

17. an apparatus or material used in scouring; scourer: [Sand] is a good scour. 

18. the erosive force of moving water, as in a river or sea. 

19. Usually, scours. (used with a singular or plural verb) Veterinary Pathology. diarrh(o)ea【醫】腹瀉 in horses and cattle caused by intestinal infection.  



—Synonyms 

1. burnish, buff, shine, rub.





　

He and his 16-year-old daughter, Rose (Camilla Belle), play Adam and Eve on an unidentified "island off the East Coast" of North America (lovingly captured in the redoubtable Ellen Kuras's agile, sun-burnished cinematography). 



Cuddling in bed and gazing into each other's eyes, the adoring father and daughter produce a discomfiting sexual frisson. His days numbered by a coronary ailment, Jack hastens the Fall by paying his semi-girlfriend, Kathleen (Catherine Keener), to move into his earth-covered, energy-efficient house with her pair of reluctant teenage sons. 



Rudely displaced as crypto-wife and caretaker, [and] profoundly unsocialized to boot, Rose [effects] her confused revenge: She launches twin seduction attacks on Kathleen's boys and even fires a rifle in the newly domesticated couple's bedroom. She gets it from her father: Jack uses a gun to [scatter] construction workers building new model homes on nearby de-protected wetlands.



redoubtable

–adjective 

1. that is to be feared; formidable.

2. commanding 

or 

evoking respect, reverence, or the like.

to boot 

in addition; besides: We received an [extra] week's pay to boot. 





–verb (used with object) 

1. to range over, as in a search: 



They scoured the [countryside] for the lost child.  



2. to run or pass quickly over or along.  



–verb (used without object) 

3. to range about, as in search of something. 

4. to move rapidly or energetically.  



—Synonyms 

1. comb, rake, scan.





　　

When Helene’s daughter is kidnapped, they scour [Dorchester] watering holes, hassle the drug dealers, and get heavily embroiled with some angry Boston police officers who are obsessed with protecting children. The movie turns into a complicated and emotional thriller, but Casey Affleck doesn’t overplay his hand. He’s lean, with a pale, unmarked face that suggests meagre [experience] of the world, and at first he looks too young for the part. 





scour shingle

brash 

bristle & brittle (vulnerable)

ruffle



scour

ransack rummage

fumble bumble bungle botch 

grope

I had to grope [around] in [the darkness] before I found the light switch.  

from the [earnest] strivings of the musical score to the [beery] gropings of the Germans

Fray