Noun:
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole;a bit of rock caught him in the eye
worthless material that is to be disposed ofa small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used;she jotted it on a scrap of paper
there was not a scrap left
the act of fighting; any contest or struggle;a fight broke out at the hockey game
there was fighting in the streets
the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Verb:
dispose of something useless or old;trash these old chairs
junk an old car
scrap your old computer
have a disagreement over something;We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
These two fellows are always scrapping over something
make into scrap or refuse;scrap the old airplane and sell the parts
bit,piece,sheet,slice,fragment,scrap这些名词均含有“片、块、段”之意。
bit侧重指微小,一点点,小碎片。
piece最普通用词,多指从整体上分割下来的东西,可大可小。
sheet侧重指平整很薄的一张或一片。
slice多指切得很薄的一片食物。
fragment指破裂的,不完整的碎片。
scrap侧重指废弃的零碎之物。
discard,scrap,shed这些动词都有“抛弃、丢弃”之意。
discard指把具体的东西抛掉不要,着重扔、丢的动作。
scrap指抛弃过时,不再有用的东西。
shed指毛发、皮肤、叶等经过某种自然的过程而脱落。
14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古北欧语的skrap,意为纸片,纸屑。scrap heap废物堆渣子堆…scrap factor废品系数scrap paper便条纸scrap steel废钢scrap metal废金属meat scrap肉粉runner scrap回炉浇冒口scrap rate切屑量,废金属比…casting scrap铸造废钢brass scrap废黄铜scrap material废料scrap tire废轮胎scrap chopper碎边剪切机scrap value残余价值, 废料价值…pressed scrap榨后油渣,压缩废钢…dormant scrap报废器材,废钢…copper scrap废铜,红铜杂件…scrap iron铁屑steel scrap钢屑cutting scrap切屑
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名词70%,动词30%
用作名词They wrote messages to each other onscrapsof paper.他们用一些碎纸片互传信息。
The cars have been broken down forscraps.那些汽车已经拆掉当废铁。用作动词I'll soon have to scrap this lawn mower,it's beyond repair and on its last legs.不久将不得不把我这台割草机废弃掉,因它已不能修理,即将报废了。