scramble
verb
noun
ˈskræmbəl verb
1
CLIMB
攀爬
to climb up, down, or over something quickly and with difficulty, especially using your hands to help you 〔迅速而吃力地〕爬，攀登 I always + adv/prep
[+ up/down/over etc ]
They tried to scramble up the cliff.
他们想爬上悬崖。
She scrambled down the tree as quickly as she could.
她尽快地爬下了树。
2
MOVE QUICKLY
快速移动
to move somewhere in a hurried awkward way 匆忙地移动 I always + adv/prep
[+ to/out/from etc ]
Alan scrambled out of the way.
艾伦慌忙让开。
Micky scrambled to his feet (=stood up very quickly and awkwardly) and hurried into the kitchen.
米基连忙站起来，匆匆进了厨房。
3
DO STH QUICKLY
匆忙做某事
to try to do something difficult very quickly 仓促完成〔困难的事〕 T
scramble to do sth
They were scrambling to give the impression that the situation was in control.
他们急于给人一种形势已在掌控中的印象。
4
COMPETE
竞争
to struggle or compete with other people to get or reach something 争夺，抢夺 I
[+ for ]
Thousands of people will be scrambling for tickets.
将有数千人抢购门票。
5
INFORMATION/MESSAGE
信息/消息
to use special equipment to mix messages, radio signals etc into a different form, so that they cannot be understood by other people without the correct equipment 倒换 （扰乱 ）…的频率〔用特殊仪器改变信息、无线电信号等使他人无法接收〕 T
Our conversation will be electronically scrambled.
我们的对话将被加以电子扰频。
6
MIX
打乱
to mix words, ideas, sentences etc so that they are not in the right order and do not make sense 打乱 T
The words in each sentence are scrambled.
每个句子中的词语都被打乱了。
7
scramble an egg
to cook an egg by mixing the white and yellow parts together and heating it in a pan 炒蛋〔把蛋白和蛋黄搅和了炒〕
8
scramble sb’s brains
to make someone unable to think clearly or reasonably [非正式] 使某人头脑糊涂，使某人思维混乱 informal
Maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains.
可能是酒精把他的脑子给弄糊涂了。
9
AIRCRAFT
飞机
if a military plane scrambles, it goes up into the air very quickly in order to escape or to attack an enemy 〔军用飞机为逃跑或进攻敌人而〕紧急起飞 I
noun
10 a difficult climb in which you have to use your hands to help you 攀爬，爬行 singular 单数
The village was a 20-minute scramble away.
村子离这里有 20 分钟的攀登路程。
11 a situation in which people compete with and push each other in order to get what they want 〔互相推撞的〕争夺，争抢 singular 单数
[+ for ]
the usual scramble for the bathroom every morning
每天早上的抢用卫生间
scramble to do sth
a scramble to carry the baggage into the house
抢着把行李搬进屋子
12 a situation in which something has to be done very quickly, with a lot of rushing around 〔因赶任务出现的〕忙乱，乱作一团 singular 单数
It was a mad scramble trying to get things ready in time.
为了及时做好准备，弄得手忙脚乱的。
13 a MOTORCYCLE race over rough ground [英] 摩托车越野赛 C | BrE