Scrub

他个子矮小。

这地板需要好好擦洗一下。

我们在一个灌木丛生的丘陵上找到这动物。

不要用刷子刷得太狠,不然的话,你会把油漆都刷掉的。

哪儿也没有好景致，只有令人压抑的寂静的矮树林。

【记】※ shrub-灌木,scrub-矮树:灌木即矮树 ※ 谐音“死刮吧”:使(死)劲刮吧就是用力擦洗 ※ sc-拼音“四川”,rub-擦:四川产的丝瓜布(scrub谐音)擦洗餐具很干净

scrub n[U] (land covered with) underdeveloped trees or shrubs 发育不良的矮树丛（地带） clear the scrub and plough the land 消除矮树丛後开垦这片地 [attrib 作定语] `scrub-oak 矮栎, `scrub-pine, ie dwarf or underdeveloped types 矮松. scrub v (-bb-) 1 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p, Cn.a] ~ sth (down/out) clean sth thoroughly by rubbing hard, esp with a brush and soap and water 彻底擦洗某物; （尤指用肥皂和水）刷洗 He's down on his knees, scrubbing (away). 他跪在地上擦洗（起来）. scrub the floor 刷洗地板 Scrub the walls down before painting them. 先把墙刷乾净再上漆. scrub out a saucepan 把长柄锅刷乾净 Scrub the table-top clean. 把桌面擦洗乾净. 2 [Tn] (infml 口) cancel (a plan, etc) 取消（计画等） We wanted to go for a picnic, but we had to scrub it because of the rain. 我们原想去野餐, 後来因为下雨而取消了. It costs 10 per metre, no, scrub that (ie ignore what I've just said), it costs 12 per metre. 这个价钱是每米 10 英镑, 不, 应该说是每米 12 英镑. 3 (phr v) scrub sth away/off remove sth by scrubbing 将某物擦洗掉或刷洗掉 scrub the grease away 把油渍刷洗掉 scrub the dirt off the shelf 把书架上的土擦掉. scrub up (medical 医) (of a surgeon) wash one's hands and arms thoroughly before an operation （指外科医生）（施行手术前）擦洗手和胳膊. scrub, n [sing] act of scrubbing 擦洗; 刷洗 give the floor a good scrub 把地面好好刷洗一番.

*[skrʌb]n. 用力擦洗, 矮树, 矮人, 渺小之物vt. 用力擦洗, 擦掉, 摩擦vi. 擦洗干净, 进行手臂消毒a. 次等的, 矮小的, 非正规球队的, 临时凑合的

擦洗，除去