scrat
scrat — 動詞
- scratpresent simple I / you / we / they
- scrats3rd person singular
- scratting-ing form
- scrattedpast simple
1. to rub a surface or skin with nails or something sharp so that it is marked, scr
刮；抓
用尖物或指甲弄出痕跡
to rub a surface or skin with nails or something sharp so that it is marked, scraped, or slightly damaged
Be careful not to scrat the piano lid when you move the lamp.
移動檯燈時，要小心別把鋼琴蓋刮到。
transitive: scrat + surface object
The terrier scrats at the back gate whenever it hears the milk van.
那隻㹴犬一聽到送奶車，就會在後門上抓個不停。
intransitive: scrat + at + surface
Eric tried to scrat the dried paint off the window with a coin.
Eric 想用硬幣把窗上的乾油漆刮掉。
A loose nail can scrat your arm as you squeeze past the fence.
你從籬笆旁擠過去時，鬆掉的釘子可能會刮到手臂。
文法句型
scrat + noun (surface/skin)
scrat + at + surface
scrat + noun + off + surface
用法筆記
The object can be the surface that gets marked or the material being rubbed off. Context shows whether the action leaves a scratch-like mark or removes something from the surface.
scrat — 名詞
1. a very small amount, or something so slight that people hardly think it matters
一丁點；小事
微不足道的小量或小事
a very small amount, or something so slight that people hardly think it matters
After the children finished the cake, not a scrat was left on the plate.
孩子們把蛋糕吃完後，盤子上一丁點都沒剩。
negative pattern: not a scrat
The landlord would not lower the rent by a scrat, even for long-term tenants.
房東就算面對老房客，也不肯把房租少一丁點。
amount pattern: by a scrat
Compared with the hospital bill, the taxi fare was a scrat.
跟住院帳單相比，計程車費只是小數目。
For a company that size, the argument about one missing spoon was a scrat.
對那麼大的公司來說，為了一支不見的湯匙起爭執只是小事。
文法句型
a scrat
not a scrat
by a scrat
用法筆記
This noun is often used to play down size or importance. It commonly appears when someone says almost nothing is left, or when a cost or problem seems too small to matter.