scrawl
英 [skrɔːl]
美 [skrɔl]
- vt. 潦草地寫；亂塗
- vi. 亂塗，塗鴉；亂寫
- n. 潦草的筆跡
助記提示
1. -awl, -rawl 表示那種爬行、拖動、拖行、蔓延、延伸這類含義：crawl, drawl, sprawl, trawl, scrawl.
2. crawl => scrawl.
3. scrib- / script- + crawl => scrawl.
4. sprawl + crawl => scrawl.
5. 諧音“是可潦哦”----字、畫是確實太潦草了哦。
中文詞源
scrawl 潦草的寫可能來自 scribe,寫，拚寫受影響於 sprawl,蔓延，雜亂無章的展開。引申詞義潦草的寫。
英文詞源
- scrawl (v.)
- 1610s, "write or draw untidily," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English scrawlen "spread out the limbs, sprawl" (early 15c.), which possibly is an alteration of sprawlen (see sprawl (v.)) or crawl (v.). Related: Scrawled; scrawling. The noun is recorded from 1690s, from the verb. Meaning "bad handwriting" is from 1710.
雙語例句
- 1. The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.
- 這封信是倉促手寫而成，潦草得幾乎無法辨認。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This letter must be from Frank; I recognized his scrawl.
- 這封信一定是弗蘭克寫來的, 我認得他那潦草的筆跡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. His signature was an incomprehensible scrawl.
- 他的簽字是令人看不懂的塗鴉.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Don't scrawl on the wall.
- 不要在牆上亂塗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Don't scribble [ scrawl ] on the wall.
- 別在牆上亂塗.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》