scrub
- IPA[skrəb]
美式
- vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth；land covered with scrub
noun: scrub, plural noun: scrubs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. vegetation consisting mainly of brushwood or stunted forest growth a desert plain dotted with scrub
- ▪ land covered with scrub the wind tore across scrub and heathland his courageous explorations in the scrubs
- 2. denoting a shrubby or small form of a plant scrub apple trees
- ▪ North American denoting an animal of inferior breed or physique a scrub bull
- 3. informal, derogatory an insignificant or contemptible person you are a mean scrub
- ▪ North American (in sports) a player not among the best or most skilled a former All-Star reduced to the role of scrub
