scrounge英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.

— "Still, it's not much good sending you two off on a medical supplies scrounge. What about food and general stores? Suit you?"

动词 v.

To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean. ambitransitive

— scrounge for food
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another. intransitive

— As long as he's got someone who'll let him scrounge off them, he'll never settle down and get a full-time job.

词形变化

scrounges present,singular,third-person scrounging participle,present scrounged participle,past scrounged past scrounges plural

词汇关系

近义词

beg bum mump scrounge scunge tap wheedle

衍生词

on the scrounge scrounge down scrounge out scrounger scrounge up

词源

词源 1

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.

词源 2

1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.