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scourings

/skouuhr-ingz, skou-er-/US // ˈskaʊər ɪŋz, ˈskaʊ ər- //UK // (ˈskaʊərɪŋz) //

冲洗,洗涤,冲洗活动,勘探

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : dirt or refuse removed by scouring.
    • : refuse removed from grain.

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Examples

  • Whence come these churchyard scourings, these skulls and crossbones set up on end?

  • Most of the gilding was worn off by the frequent scourings which it had undergone beneath the hands of a black slave.

  • But it is by him and men like him, and not by the scourings of the galleys, that we can get to understand the spirit of the time.

  • So when the cream is off, the rest of the clergy are plainly but skim milk, the scourings of the seminaries.

  • Easy enough to find one of the scourings of Troyes—perhaps an innocent girl once, before she knew him!