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GMAT重点动词英英解释(65)

2014-09-11 20:50:45来源:网络

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  371. Scratch verb

  rub with your nails

  ~ (at sth) to rub your skin with your nails, usually because it is ITCHING: [VN] John

  yawned and scratched his chin. ◆ The dog scratched itself behind the ear. ◆ [V] Try not to

  scratch. ◆ She scratched at the insect bites on her arm.

  cut skin

  ~ (sb/sth / yourself) (on sth) to cut or damage your skin slightly with sth sharp: [VN] I'd

  scratched my leg and it was bleeding. ◆ She scratched herself on a nail. ◆ [V] Does the cat

  scratch?

  damage surface

  [VN] to damage the surface of sth, especially accidentally, by making thin shallow marks on

  it: Be careful not to scratch the furniture. ◆ The car's paintwork is badly scratched.

  make / remove mark

  [VN +adv./prep.]to make or remove a mark, etc. on sth deliberately, by rubbing it with

  sth hard or sharp: They scratched lines in the dirt to mark out a pitch. ◆ Some graffiti had

  been scratched on the back of the door. ◆ We scratched some of the dirt away. ◆ (figurative)

  You can scratch my name off the list.

  make sound

  [V][usually +adv./prep.]to make an irritating noise by rubbing sth with sth sharp: The

  dog kept scratching at the door to go out. ◆ His pen scratched away on the paper. ◆ We

  could hear mice scratching behind the wall.

  a living

  [VN] ~ a living to make enough money to live on, but with difficulty: 75% of the population

  scratch a living from the soil.

  cancel

  ~ (sb/sth) (from sth) to decide that sth cannot happen or sb/sth cannot take part in sth,

  before it starts: [VN] to scratch a rocket launch ◆ The horse was scratched from the race

  because of injury. ◆ [V] She had scratched because of a knee injury.

  372. Clip verb(-pp-)

  [+adv./prep.] to fasten sth to sth else with a clip; to be fastened with a clip: [VN] He

  clipped the microphone (on) to his collar. ◆ Clip the pages together. ◆ [V] Do those earrings

  clip on?

  [VN] ~ sth (off / from sth) to cut sth with scissors or SHEARS, in order to make it shorter or

  neater; to remove sth from somewhere by cutting it off: to clip a hedge ◆ He clipped off a

  length of wire.

  [VN] to hit the edge or side of sth: The car clipped the kerb as it turned. ◆ She clipped the

  ball into the net.

  [VN] ~ sth (out of / from sth) to cut sth out of sth else using scissors: to clip a coupon (out

  of the paper)

  373. Clamp verb

  ~ A to B

  ~ A and B (together) to hold sth tightly, or fasten two things together, with a clamp: [VN]

  Clamp one end of the plank to the edge of the table. ◆ Clamp the two halves together until

  the glue dries. [also VN-ADJ]

  [+adv./prep.]to hold or fasten sth very tightly so that it does not move; to be held tightly:

  [VN] He had a cigar clamped between his teeth. ◆ She clamped a pair of headphones over

  her ears. ◆ I clamped a hand on his shoulder. ◆ A mobile phone was clamped to her ear. ◆

  [V] Her lips clamped tightly together.

  [VN][often passive](BrE) to fix a clamp to a car's wheel so that the car cannot be driven

  away: Her car had been clamped. ◆ She'd been (= her car had been) clamped.

  374. Hew [VN]

  (old-fashioned) to cut sth large with a tool: to hew wood / rocks

  (written) to make or shape sth large by cutting: roughly hewn timber frames ◆ The statues

  were hewn out of solid rock. ◆ They hewed a path through the forest.

  375. Rap verb(-pp-)

  to hit a hard object or surface several times quickly, making a noise: [V] She rapped angrily

  on the door. ◆ [VN] He rapped the table with his pen.

  ~ sth (out) to say sth suddenly and quickly in a loud, angry way: [VN] He walked through

  the store, rapping out orders to his staff. [also V speech]

  [VN] ~ sb/sth (for sth / for doing sth) (used mainly in newspapers) to criticize sb severely,

  usually publicly: Some of the teachers were rapped for poor performance.

  [V, VN](music) to say the words of a rap

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