scratch about

释义

1. scratch about / around (for sth)

   （尤指艰难地）搜寻，查寻，查找

   to search for sth, especially with difficulty

电影里这样说 · 4 部

• You'll just hear me scratching about in the dark.The Gentlemen2020
• scratches around.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• He killed a dog last night because the dog was scratching around in the garden.Rear Window1954

在完整场景里学

• 绅士们2020
  • 豪宅里兜售故事报价：old school（老派）
  • 饭局上互相试探：pull the plug on（叫停）
  • 带买家参观大麻帝国：pay top dollar（出最高价）
• 初步举证2022
  • 装傻让证人说漏嘴：play it cool（把激动按住）
  • 律师诱证人入套：blood in the water（破绽已露）
  • 回家报赢挨追问：What's new?（有什么新鲜的）
• 后窗1954
  • 电话里争克什米尔任务：go up in smoke（眼看要完蛋）
  • 护士唠叨偷窥与结婚：call the whole thing off（取消整件事）
  • 带晚餐上门聊婚事：seen better days（风光不再）

同一词条的短语

• scratch your head
• scratch the surface
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
• scratch out
• from scratch
• up to scratch