scoured
v. 走遍(某地)搜尋(人或物)( scour的過去式和過去分詞 ); (用力)刷; 擦淨; 擦亮
If you scour something such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles...
救援人員已經搜遍了30平方英里的範圍。
We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
我們仔細查閱電話簿以尋找線索。
If you scour something such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
He decided to scour the sink.
他決定把水池擦乾淨。
1. worn away as by water or ice or wind
Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles.
救援人員已經搜遍了30平方英里的範圍。
They had scoured the intervening miles of moorland.
他們已經仔細搜遍了其間綿延數英里的高沼地。
The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side.
急流沿著山腰沖刷出一條水溝.
The stream had scoured a channel.
溪流衝出一條水道.
She scoured the saucepan with cleanser.
她用清潔劑把鍋擦亮.