scrabbling

英 [ˈskræblɪŋ]

美 [ˈskræblɪŋ]

v.  忙乱地找; 翻找; 乱抓; 乱动
scrabble的现在分词

现在分词：scrabbling　复数：scrabblings　

BNC.25274 / COCA.31581

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
  If youscrabble forsomething, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.
  1. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...
     他抓起夹克，然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
  2. I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
     我吊在那儿，两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
  3. Scrabble aroundorscrabble aboutmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble
  4. Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper...
     阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
  5. Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
     格莱布在干草中乱扒一通，翻出一本书来并把它打开。
• VERB 急于;苦求
  If you say that someoneis scrabbling todo something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.
  1. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...
     那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
  2. The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
     机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。
  3. Scrabble aroundmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 同 scrabble
  4. You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.
     你签了一份 6 个月的合同，接着还得拼命找下一个工作。

双语例句

• When Harry knocked they heard a frantic scrabbling from inside and several booming barks.
  哈利敲门时，他们听到屋里传来一阵紧张的挣扎声和几声低沉的犬吠。
• The main measure of scrabbling for market has gradually turned from commodity export into technology and capital output.
  争夺市场的主要手段逐渐由以商品输出为主变为以技术资本输出为主，由进出口贸易主导转为以跨国资本营运为主。
• And then loud scrabbling again as whatever was speaking apparently turned tail and returned to it's place of hiding.
  然后又是悉索声，那个说话的东西显然是转过去回到了其隐藏之处。
• The cat was scrabbling furiously at the door.
  猫狂暴地在门上抓着。
• In some places, there are just too many companies scrabbling around for talent.
  在一些地方，有太多的企业四处网罗人才。
• Such rapid expansion has left the institutions of government scrabbling to keep up, opening space for unscrupulous businessmen to cut every imaginable corner.
  此种迅速扩张使政府机构忙于应付，使无良商人在所有可能的角落钻空子。
• He was scrabbling about on the gravel searching for the ring.
  他在砂砾中扒找着那只指环。
• Some smaller schools have been desperately scrabbling around to find the 30 students that some MBA rankings see as the minimum for a course in good standing.
  一些小型院校拼命凑齐30名学生，因为30人是一些mba排名入榜的最低要求。
• There were no lights, no sound of Fang scrabbling at the door, his bark booming in welcome.
  没有灯光，也听不见牙牙在门口抓挠、吠叫着表示欢迎的声音。
• He is busy at the desk, scrabbling for application papers.
  他在书桌上翻来翻去，寻找申请书。