早安英文 第257期:scratch可不止这一种用法

 英语学习笔记：

scratch vt. 抓；刮；挖出；乱涂；n. 刮痕

scratch sth. out 划掉

scratch the surface 只处理或解决了问题的一小部分。

scratch your head 很认真地思考某些很难的问题

scratch card 刮刮乐，彩票。

start from scratch／zero 从头开始

Scratch my back – I have an itch¹.

帮我挠挠背，好痒。

I’m afraid I’ve scratched your car.

我恐怕蹭到了你的车。

There was a big scratch on the car door.

车门上蹭花了一大块。

Well, I guess we can scratch that idea.

我觉得我们可以放弃那个想法。

Emma’s name had been scratched out.

Emma的名字被划掉了。

I think we have only scratched the surface of this problem.

我认为我们只处理了问题的一小部分。

You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours.

你帮帮我，我帮帮你。你好我好大家好。

The last question really left us scratching our heads.

最后一个问题真是让我们想破了脑袋。

As she explained, it was not easy to start from scratch.

据她的解释，从头开始不容易。

1 itch   

n.痒，渴望，疥癣；vi.发痒，渴望

参考例句：

• Shylock has an itch for money.夏洛克渴望发财。
• He had an itch on his back.他背部发痒。