English Dictionary

scour

/ˈskaʊə/

verb

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly. / (transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry. / (transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.

I scoured the house looking for my keys.

意味（1）

(transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

They scoured the scene of the crime for clues.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive) To run with speed; to scurry.

So four fierce Courſers ſtarting to the Race, / Scow'r thro' the Plain, and lengthen ev'ry Pace: / Nor Reigns, nor Curbs, nor threat'ning Cries they fear, / But force along the trembling Charioteer.

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To move swiftly over; to brush along.

When Ajax ſtrives, ſome Rock's vaſt Weight to throw, / The Line too labours, and the Words move ſlow; / Not ſo, when ſwift Camilla ſcours the plain, / Flies o'er th'unbending Corn, and skims along the Main.