及物动词

1. The police scoured the city for the robbers.
警察搜遍全城寻找抢窃犯。

2. The river had scoured out a passage in the sand.
这条河在沙土中冲出一条水道。

3. She scoured the silver in the dining hall.
她将餐厅内的银制器皿擦得雪亮。

不及物动词

1. The roasting pan scours better than pot.
烤盘比锅容易擦干净。

1. 冲刷：scour 擦亮;擦掉(锈 | scour 冲刷 | scour 清洗

2. 冲洗：scour out 冲刷成 | scour 冲洗 | scourer 洗擦者

3. 洗刷：scoria tuff 滓状凝灰岩 | scour 洗刷 | scouring sand 漂洗砂

4. 淘刷：scorzalite 多铁天蓝石 | scour 淘刷 | scovillite 磷铈钇矿

1. 四处搜索;细查
If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.

e.g. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles...
救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
e.g. We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。

2. 擦净;擦亮
If you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.

e.g. He decided to scour the sink.
他决定把水池擦干净。

noun

1. a place that is scoured (especially by running water)