词典释义：
rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water
擦洗（人，东西）
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he had to scrub the floor 她必须擦洗地面
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she was scrubbing herself down at the sink 她在水池边擦洗身体
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[no obj.]
she scrubbed furiously at the plates .她使劲地擦洗盘子。
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用力擦洗去污
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it took ages to scrub off the muck .用了很长时间才把污秽擦掉。
[no obj.](
（尤指外科手术前）彻底清洗手与臂（消毒）
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the doctor scrubbed up and donned a protective gown .医生消毒了手和臂并穿上防护服。
〈非正式〉 取消；放弃
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opposition leaders suggested she should scrub the trip to Iraq .反对派领袖建议她应取消伊拉克之行。
use water to remove impurities from (gas or vapour)
用水净化（汽油，蒸汽）。
[no obj.](of a rider)rub the arms and legs urgently on a horse's neck and flanks to urge it to move faster
（骑手用手臂与腿紧迫地摩擦马的颈部和两侧）催马（快行）。
[no obj.](
〈英， 非正式〉 （人）（精心打扮后）显得漂亮整洁；扮靓
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the band scrub up well to play weddings and parties .乐队队员装扮一新以便在婚礼和社交场合演奏。
【赛车】 （司机）让轮胎滑行（或划擦路面）以减速。
[no obj.](of tyres)slide or scrape across the road surface when reducing speed
减速时（轮胎）滑行（或划擦路面）。
(of a driver)reduce (speed) by allowing the tyres to slide or scrape across the road surface
（司机让轮胎滑行或划擦路面以）减速。
an act of scrubbing something or someone
擦洗
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give the floor a good scrub .好好擦洗一下地板。
a semi-abrasive cosmetic lotion applied to the face or body in order to cleanse the skin
磨砂清肤液。
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（外科医生手术时穿的）消毒服。
[mass noun]vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth
低矮灌木。
(亦作
低矮灌木丛地带。
[as modifier]denoting a shrubby or small form of a plant
像灌木的矮小植物
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scrub apple trees .矮小的苹果树。
〈北美〉 劣等牲畜（动物）；发育不良的动物
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a scrub bull .矮小的公牛。
〈非正式〉 无足轻重的人；可鄙的人。
〈北美〉 二流球队（或队员）。
short for
<Bold>SCRUBBER</Bold>（义项2）的简称。
[mass noun]
〈北美〉 （在公共场所举行的）儿童非正式团体比赛。
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scrub round Brit ．informal avoid or disregard （something）〈英，非正式〉 避免；避开；漠视you must just forget ,dear—scrub round it ． 亲爱的，你就忘了它吧—— 别管它
"late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch
