scrounge

[US]/skraʊn(d)ʒ/
[UK]/skraʊndʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. 搜尋;乞討
vt. 搜尋;乞討;騙取
n. 討要;索要
Word Forms
過去分詞scrounged
過去式scrounged
第三人稱單數scrounges
現在分詞scrounging
複數scrounges

Phrases & Collocations

scrounge for food

尋找食物

scrounge money

討錢

scrounge for supplies

搜尋物資

scrounge for information

蒐集信息

Example Sentences

scrounge for a cigarette.

討支菸抽

He scrounged a cigarette from his roommate.

他向同室居住的人要了一支香菸。

he had managed to scrounge a free meal.

他已經弄到一頓不花錢的飯。

scrounged a few dollars off my brother.

從我哥哥那裏索得幾美元

He scrounged around in his desk drawer for a paper clip.

他在書桌抽屆裏翻來翻去找紙夾。

She’s always on the scrounge for cigarettes. Why doesn’t she buy her own?

她總向人討要香菸,爲什麼自己不買呢?

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