scratch

The Institute spends a lot of time scratching its head about how to boost American productivity.

该协会花费大量时间苦苦思索如何提高美国的生产力。

Hong Kong's manufacturing industry did not start from scratch in the post-war period.

战后，香港制造业的兴起并非从零开始。

My mother always made me feel I wasn't coming up to scratch.

母亲总是使我觉得自己不够优秀。

Knives will scratch the worktop.

小刀会在工作台上留下划痕。

John yawned and scratched his chin.

约翰打个哈欠，挠挠下巴。

I'd scratched my leg and it was bleeding.

我把腿抓出了血。

The old man lifted his cardigan to scratch his side...

老人撩起开襟毛衣挠了挠身体的一侧。

Officials say they've only scratched the surface of the drug problem...

官员们说他们只是触及了毒品问题的表面。

Her hands were covered in scratches from the brambles.

她手上布满了荆棘划的口子。

I pointed to a number of scratches in the tile floor.

我指向地板砖上的一道道划痕。

They scratched lines in the dirt to mark out a pitch.

他们在地上划出一个球场。

a scratch on the paintwork

漆面上的一道划痕

(figurative)You can scratch my name off the list.

你可以把我的名字从名单上勾掉。

Does the cat scratch?

这只猫抓人吗？

The seven-year-old was found crying with scratches on his face and neck...

那名 7 岁男孩被发现时正在哭泣，脸部和颈部都有划伤。

Be careful not to scratch the furniture.

小心别刮坏家具。

The dog scratched itself behind the ear.

狗用爪子挠挠耳后。

Building a home from scratch can be both exciting and challenging...

建立一个全新的家庭既让人兴奋又富于挑战。

We had only two weeks to tour Malaysia, which was hardly enough time to scratch the surface.

我们只有两周的时间游览马来西亚，连走马观花都来不及。

She scratched herself on a nail.

她在钉子上划了一下。

He scratched himself under his arm...

他在胳膊下面挠了挠。

Try not to scratch.

尽量别挠。

The car's paintwork is badly scratched.

车的漆面划损得很厉害。

We scratched some of the dirt away.

我们刮掉了一些脏东西。

The branches tore at my jacket and scratched my hands and face...

树枝刮破了我的夹克，划伤了我的手和脸。

to scratch a rocket launch

取消火箭发射计划

His pen scratched away on the paper.

他的笔在纸上沙沙作响。

She had scratched because of a knee injury.

她因膝伤退出了比赛。

She scratched at the insect bites on her arm.

她挠了挠胳膊上虫咬的包。

The horse was scratched from the race because of injury.

这匹马因伤被取消了比赛资格。