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scraps

/skrap/US // skræp //UK // (skræp) //

下脚料,废料,残羹剩饭,残渣

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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

  • To make matters worse, HSBC sparked anger in Hong Kong earlier this year, alienating some of its most loyal investors, after scrapping its dividend in response to the pandemic.

  • It was at that moment that I scrapped the recipe I had written for a standing mixer, and rewrote it to work by hand.

  • From 2011 to 2019, less than one-third of postseason scraps occurred in the first 15 minutes, while 56 percent happened in the final period.

  • Of the 11 postseason scraps, eight occurred in the opening period.

  • Some organizations diverted more resources to their performance marketing campaigns, leaving their brand marketing efforts with the scraps.