scratch
划伤,挠痒痒,刮擦,刮伤
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Definitions
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- : to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- : to dig, scrape, or tear out or off with or as if with the nails, claws, etc.: to scratch the burs off one's coat.
- : to rub or scrape slightly, as with the fingernails, to relieve itching.
- : to rub or draw along a rough, grating surface: to scratch a match on the sidewalk.
- : to erase, cancel, strike out, or eliminate by or as if by drawing a line through it: Scratch out the third name on the list.
- : to withdraw from a race or competition.
- : U.S. Politics. to divide though predominantly supporting one political party or faction.to strike out or reject a particular name or names on in voting.
- : to write or draw by scraping or cutting the lines into a surface: She scratched her initials on the glass.
- : to manipulate back and forth under the stylus to produce rhythmic sounds.
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- : to use the nails, claws, etc., for tearing, digging, etc.
- : to relieve itching by rubbing or scraping lightly, as with the fingernails.
- : to make a slight grating noise, as a pen.
- : to earn a living or to manage in any respect with great difficulty: We scratched along that year on very little money.
- : to withdraw or be withdrawn from a contest or competition.
- : to make no score; earn no points.
- : Billiards, Pool. to make a shot that results in a penalty, especially to pocket the cue ball without hitting the object ball.
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- : a slight injury, mar, or mark, usually thin and shallow, caused by scratching: three scratches on my leg; a noticeable scratch on the table.
- : a rough mark made by a pen, pencil, etc.; scrawl.
- : an act of scratching.
- : the slight grating sound caused by scratching.
- : the starting place, starting time, or status of a competitor in a handicap who has no allowance and no penalty.
- : Billiards, Pool. a shot resulting in a penalty, especially a pocketing of the cue ball without hitting the object ball.a fluke or lucky shot.
- : a score of zero; nothing.
- : Baseball. scratch hit.
- : scratch wig.
- : Slang. money; cash.
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- : used for hasty writing, notes, etc.: scratch paper.
- : without any allowance, penalty, or handicap, as a competitor or contestant.
- : Informal. done by or dependent on chance: a scratch shot.
- : Informal. gathered hastily and indiscriminately: a scratch crew.
- : done or made from scratch: a scratch cake.
Phrases
- scratch one's head
- scratch someone's back
- scratch the surface
- from scratch
- up to par (scratch)
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Examples
In other industries, however, there may be an opportunity to update existing content instead of creating something from scratch that heavily overlaps with what you’ve already published.
By helping us get smarter together, community intelligence holds untapped potential of which we are just starting to scratch the surface.
This is certainly a good time-saver, but if you want to start again from scratch, that’s fine too.
Neural networks can learn these rules from scratch, by trial and error, but that takes lots of time, computing power, and data—all of which can be expensive.
What Dom and I have hit upon is a way to do everything from scratch that lets you start off working model-independently.
“You try to always scratch where the itch is,” Huckabee said about his campaigning and rhetoric in the 2008 primary.
“Scratch a liberal, find a fascist every time,” Woods tweeted in April.
People will always scratch and save if a sudden burst of unrestrained pleasure can be purchased.
Starting from scratch is never easy—and the team of journalists had serious competitors in Russia's state-owned media.
“In the past, my goal was to have you scratch your head and then maybe nod it,” she says.
But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.
Not so much, either; 'cause a chicken will stir round an' scratch a livin' out the ground, sooner 'n starve.
There was a fierce fight in which Dora came off victorious, with a scratch or two on her face and a torn dress.
She received the infection on a part of the hand which had been previously in a slight degree injured by a scratch from a thorn.
He must have had a pin stuck in his glove, for I felt a slight scratch across the palm.