scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something
(为找到、收集或抓牢而用手指)抓;摸
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she scrabbled at the grassy slope ,desperate for purchase .她在青草坡上乱抓,拼命想抓住某个受力物。
(of an animal)scratch at something with its claws
(动物)用爪子拨划
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a lonely dog was scrabbling at the door .一只孤独的狗正在挠着门。
[with adverbial of direction]scramble or crawl quickly
快爬
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lizards scrabbling across the walls .迅速爬过墙壁的蜥蜴。
make great efforts to get somewhere or achieve something
努力,尽力
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I had to scrabble around to find my college place through Clearing .我必须穿过克里伦地区寻找我的大学校址。
[in sing.]an act of scratching or scrambling for something
抓,扒;摸索
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he heard the scrabble of claws behind him .他听到背后有爪子的抓爬声。
a struggle to get somewhere or achieve something
努力;尽力;挣扎
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a scrabble among the salesmen to avoid going to the bottom of the heap .推销员们为避免业绩垫底所作的努力。
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〈商标〉 拼字游戏。
"mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make marks at random, scrawl’):from Middle Dutch