Scrub

(noun.) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.

(noun.) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.

(verb.) wash thoroughly; 'surgeons must scrub prior to an operation'.

(verb.) clean with hard rubbing; 'She scrubbed his back'.

(adj.) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred .

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• Any literary scrub, or shabby, whining artist. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The fascists had attacked and we had stopped them on that slope in the gray rocks, the scrub pines and the gorse of the Guadarrama hillsides. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Robert Jordan dropped down to where Agustín lay in the clump of scrub pines behind the automatic rifle and more planes were coming all the time. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The scrub pines growing in the rock hide them well. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• A sorry scrub, said Mr. High-mind. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I can cook yet, and scrub, and scour,--I'm wuth a buying, if I do come cheap;--tell em dat ar,--you _tell_ em, she added, earnestly. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Why, you know I don't mind hard jobs much, and there must always be one scrub in a family. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The floors of the entire plant are scrubbed at least once a week, with hot water and a strong solution of alkali, which removes the grease. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They taught also how the gas should be distilled, condensed, cleaned, scrubbed, confined in retorts, and its flow measured and controlled. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The tables, of white scrubbed wood, were placed round three sides of the room, as in a Gasthaus. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There was no one in sight, however, but a char-woman who was scrubbing the stairs. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The removal of the caked grease is difficult, and if soap alone is used, the cleaning of the tub requires both patience and hard scrubbing. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• There is a dreadful amount of forcible scrubbing and arranging and pocketing implied in some socialisms. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Borrowing of Gotonthe cuisinière, a pail of water and a scrubbing-brush, I made this seat clean. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He went on scrubbing, and paid no attention. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The labor can be greatly lessened by moistening the scrubbing cloth with turpentine and applying it to the greasy film, which immediately dissolves and thus can be easily removed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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