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scrapping

/skrap/US // skræp //UK // (skræp) //

报废,废料,废弃的,报废的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a small piece or portion; fragment: a scrap of paper.
    • : scraps, bits or pieces of food, especially of leftover or discarded food.the remains of animal fat after the oil has been tried out.
    • : a detached piece of something written or printed: scraps of poetry.
    • : an old, discarded, or rejected item or substance for use in reprocessing or as raw material, as old metal that can be melted and reworked.
    • : chips, cuttings, fragments, or other small pieces of raw material removed, cut away, flaked off, etc., in the process of making or manufacturing an item.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of scraps or fragments.
    • : existing in the form of fragments or remnants of use only for reworking, as metal.
    • : discarded or left over.
v.有主动词 verb
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    scrapped, scrap·ping.

    • : to make into scraps or scrap; break up: to scrap old cars.
    • : to discard as useless, worthless, or ineffective: He urged that we scrap the old method of teaching mathematics.

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Examples

  • Another major project, the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, was scrapped in July after numerous delays and questions about whether it was needed.

  • Critics of online learning who worry remote instruction is already shortchanging students see even more of an incentive to scrap snow days.

  • As James Temple outlines, California needs to scrap century-old fire management policies to fight its wildfires.

  • The physician argued that scrapping the law during the coronavirus pandemic would be disastrous.

  • The replacement material that was supposed to stick to the third target was made incorrectly and had to be scrapped, records show.