English Dictionary

scrabble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskɹæbəl/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws. / (transitive) To gather hastily.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）手や爪で力強くひっかく、擦る / （他動詞）急いで集める、ざっと集める

Under the porch, two raccoons scrabble at the fallen leaves, clawing for grubs.

小屋の下で、二匹のアライグマが落ち葉を爪でかき分けて幼虫を探していた。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To scrape or scratch powerfully with hands or claws.

[…] there came no answer, except the echo of my own voice sounding hollow and far off down in the vault. So in despair I turned back to the earth wall below the slab, and scrabbled at it with my fingers, till my nails were broken and the blood ran out; having all the while a sure knowledge, like a cord twisted round my head, that no effort of mine could ever dislodge the great stone.

意味（2）

(transitive) To gather hastily.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To move with difficulty by making rapid movements back and forth with the hands or paws.

She was on her hands and knees scrabbling in the mud, looking for her missing wedding ring.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To scribble.

David […] scrabbled on the doors of the gate.

意味（5）

(transitive) To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble on.

to scrabble paper

scrabbles （ present singular third-person ）

scrabbling （ participle present ）

scrabbled （ participle past ）

scrabbled （ past ）