scratch1/skrætʃ; skrætʃ/v [I,T] 1 to rub your skin with your nails to stop it feeling uncomfortable 挠﹐搔: Try not to scratch those mosquito bites. 尽量不要去抓蚊子叮咬的地方。see picture on page 见 A10 页图2 to make a long thin cut on someone's skin with your nails, or a mark on something with a sharp object 抓伤﹐抓破﹔刮破: She bit him and scratched his face. 她咬了他还抓破了他的脸。I’m afraid I’ve scratched your car. 不好意思﹐我把你的汽车给刮坏了。3 if an animal scratches, it rubs its foot against something, making a noise〔用爪子〕抓﹐刨: +at My dog scratches at the door when it wants to come in. 我的狗想进屋的时候就在门上乱抓。4 to remove something from a surface using something sharp 刮掉: scratch sth off/away etc I managed to scratch off the paint. 我终于把油漆刮掉了。5 scratch the surface to deal with only a very small part of a problem 仅触及问题的表面: Our aid can only scratch the surface of the problem. 我们的援助只能解决表面问题。
scratch2n 1 [C] a long thin cut or mark on something 抓痕﹐划痕: Her face was covered in scratches. 她脸上满是划痕。 2 from scratch if you do something from scratch, you start it from the beginning, sometimes for the second time 从头做起﹐从零开始: I deleted the file by mistake and had to start again from scratch. 我误删了文件﹐只好从头再开始。3 up to scratchBrE informal good enough【英,非正式】够得上标准﹐达到应有水平: Some of your work isn’t up to scratch. 你做的工作其中有些达不到标准。4 [singular 单数] especially BrE when you rub your skin with your nails【尤英】抓﹐挠: Can you give my back a scratch ? 你帮我抓抓背好吗?