scrubbing

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water. 用力刷洗
Surgeons began to scrub their hands and arms with soap and water before operating. 外科医生们在手术前开始用肥皂和水清洗他们的手和手臂。
2. N-SING Scrub is also a noun. 用力刷洗
The walls needed a good scrub. 这些墙需要一次好好的刷洗。
3. V-T If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard. (将污渍等从某物上) 用力擦 (除)
I started to scrub off the dirt. 我开始用力擦除污物。
4. V-T to delete or cancel 删除; 取消[非正式]
5. N-UNCOUNT Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain. (尤指少雨地区的) 矮灌木丛
There is an area of scrub and woodland beside the railway line. 那条铁路旁边有一片矮灌木丛和林地。
6. N-PLURAL Scrubs are the protective clothes that surgeons and other hospital staff wear in operating rooms. 手术服[美国英语] [非正式]
...a man wearing blue hospital scrubs. …一个穿着蓝色的医院手术服的男子。
7. N a small or insignificant person 小人物
8. N anything stunted or inferior 次货
9. N a player not in the first team 二流队员[美国英语] [sport]
10. ADJ small, stunted, or inferior 矮小的; 低劣的