• n. 矮樹；洗擦；擦洗者；矮小的人（或物）
• vt. 用力擦洗；使凈化
• vi. 擦洗；進行手臂消毒
• adj. 矮小的；臨時湊合的；次等的

來自 shrub 拼寫變體，詞義由灌木引申為掃帚，刷子，刷洗，擦洗等。比較 broom,掃帚，原 義為灌木。

scrub (v.)

"rub hard," early 15c., earlier shrubben (c. 1300), perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrubben "to scrub," or from an unrecorded Old English cognate, or from a Scandinavian source (such as Danish skrubbe "to scrub"), probably ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root of shrub, used as a cleaning tool (compare the evolution of broom, brush (n.1)).

Meaning "to cancel" is attested from 1828 (popularized during World War II with reference to flights), probably from notion of "to rub out, erase" an entry on a listing. Related: Scrubbed; scrubbing.

scrub (n.1)

late 14c., "low, stunted tree," variant of shrobbe (see shrub), perhaps influenced by a Scandinavian word (such as Danish dialectal skrub "a stunted tree, brushwood"). Collective sense "brush, shrubs" is attested from 1805. As an adjective from 1710. Scrub oak recorded from 1766.

Transferred sense of "mean, insignificant fellow" is from 1580s; U.S. sports meaning "athlete not on the varsity team" is recorded from 1892, probably from this, but compare scrub "hard-working servant, drudge" (1709), perhaps from influence of scrub (v.).

scrub (n.2)

"act of scrubbing," 1620s, from scrub (v.). Meaning "thing that is used in scrubbing" is from 1680s.

1. It would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.

它會出錢雇農民開墾這塊低矮叢林來種植麥子。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus.

公路蜿蜒數英里，穿過炙烤的大地、灌木叢和仙人掌。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The area was then colonized by scrub.

后來這塊地灌木叢生。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The walls needed a good scrub.

這些墻壁得好好擦洗。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I got paint on my hands and it won't scrub off.

我手上沾上了油漆,擦不掉.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》