scramble
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- 2.
(intransitive)To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- 3.
(transitive)(transitive, of food ingredients, usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
- 4.
(transitive)To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- 5.
(also, broadly, transitive)(transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
- 6.
(intransitive)(intransitive, military) To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- 7.
(intransitive)(intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross.
- 8.
(intransitive)(intransitive, climbing) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
- 9.
(transitive)To gather or collect by scrambling.
Đồng nghĩa: scrabble
- 10.
(transitive)To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
- 11.
(transitive)To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
- 12.
(Rubik's Cube) To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
a last-minute scramble to the finish line
- 2.
(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
- 3.
A motocross race.
- 4.
Any frantic period of competitive activity.
- 5.
(gridiron football) An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.
- 6.
(golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.
- 7.
(golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.
- 8.
A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
Near-synonym: hash
The diner's menu features "the farmer's scramble" (under all-day breakfast) and "the fisherman's fricassee" (under dinner entrees).
Đồng nghĩa: hash
- 9.
A venue where enslaved people were auctioned during the Atlantic slave trade.
interjection
interjection- 1.
(UK)Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it.
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Origin. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (to collect or rake together with the hands), from scramb + -le (compare schrammen); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (to scrape or scratch quickly).