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scourer

/skouuhr-er, skou-er-er/US // ˈskaʊər ər, ˈskaʊ ər ər //

铲运工,刮削者,刮刀,刮削器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who scours or cleanses.
    • : an implement, device, or preparation for scouring.

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Examples

  • A nation of reformers looks like a scourer of silver-plate—black all over and dingy, with making things white and brilliant.

  • This was done in vats, where the clothes were trodden and well worked by the feet of the scourer.

  • The most efficient scourer is that which frees the wheat from the greatest amount of impurity with a minimum of abrasion.

  • To restore that to its pristine freshness might have daunted a professional scourer.

  • The former made wooden bowls, and the latter was sometimes a scourer, or scout, Mid.