1VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找 If you scrabble for something, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it. 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change. [VERB + for]
他抓起夹克,然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold. [VERB to-infinitive]
Scrabble around or scrabble about means the same as scrabble .scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble
Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper.
阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
格莱布在干草中乱扒一通,翻出一本书来并把它打开。
2VERB 急于;苦求 If you say that someone is scrabbling to do something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible. 急于;苦求 [Also VP to-inf]
The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs. [VERB to-infinitive]
那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives. [VERB + for]