scramble
US: /ˈskɹæmbəɫ/
UK: /skɹˈæmbəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
scramble /'skræmbl/- danh từ
- sự bò, sự toài, sự trườn (trên miếng đất mấp mô)
- cuộc thi mô tô, cuộc thử mô tô (trên bãi đất mấp mô)
- sự tranh cướp, sự tranh giành ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- the scramble for office: sự tranh giành chức vị
- nội động từ
- bò, toài, trườn (trên đất mấp mô)
- tranh cướp, tranh giành ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- to scramble for a living: tranh giành để kiếm sống
- (hàng không) cất cánh
- ngoại động từ
- tung ném (tiền để trẻ con tranh nhau)
- bác (trứng)
- đổi tần số (ở rađiô...) để không ai nghe trộm được
- (kỹ thuật) chất đống lộn bậy; trộn hỗn độn
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), ((thường) + up) thu nhặt linh tinh, thu thập không có phương pháp
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
walk / climb
1 [V +adv./prep.] to move quickly, especially with difficulty, using your hands to help you: She managed to scramble over the wall. + He scrambled to his feet as we came in. + They finally scrambled ashore. + He scrambled up the cliff and raced towards the car.
push / fight
2 ~ (for sth) to push, fight or compete with others in order to get or to reach sth: [V] The audience scrambled for the exits. + [V to inf] Shoppers were scrambling to get the best bargains.
achieve sth with difficulty
3 [VN] to manage to achieve sth with difficulty, or in a hurry, without much control: Cork scrambled a 10 win over Monaghan. + Owen managed to scramble the ball into the net.
eggs
4 [VN] [usually passive] to cook an egg by mixing the white and yellow parts together and heating them, sometimes with milk and butter: scrambled eggs
telephone / radio
5 [VN] [often passive] to change the way that a telephone or radio message sounds so that only people with special equipment can understand it: scrambled satellite signals
confuse thoughts
6 [VN] to confuse sb's thoughts, ideas, etc. so that they have no order: Alcohol seemed to have scrambled his brain.
aircraft
7 [usually passive] to order that planes, etc. should take off immediately in an emergency; to take off immediately in an emergency: [VN] A helicopter was scrambled to help rescue three young climbers. + [V] They scrambled as soon as the call came through.
+ noun
difficult walk / climb
1 [sing.] a difficult walk or climb over rough ground, especially one in which you have to use your hands: A scramble over the rocks takes you to the most perfect of beaches.
push / fight
2 [sing.] ~ (for sth) a situation in which people push, fight or compete with each other in order to get or do sth: There was a mad scramble for the best seats. + When the manager retired, there was a scramble for his job.
motorcycle race
3 [C] a race for motorcycles over rough ground
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 climb, clamber, crawl, scrabble, struggle:
We scrambled up the rocky hillside with the big cat in pursuit.
2 rush, hurry, scamper, run, hasten, race, scurry, scoot, scuttle, dash, hotfoot (it), hustle, Chiefly US and Canadian, hightail (it), Colloq skedaddle:
When the siren sounded, we scrambled down to the air raid shelter.
3 Often, scramble up. mix up, confuse, jumble, intermingle, mingle, commingle:
Contestants, spectators, and officials were all scrambled together.
n.
4 scrimmage, struggle, tussle, contention, clash, competition, contest, race, rush, clash, conflict, disorder, commotion, riot, mêlée or melee, pandemonium, Colloq free-for-all, hassle, Brit scrum or scrummage:
Thousands were involved in the scramble for tickets to the rock concert. In the scramble for a directorship Jeremy lost
5 struggle, climb:
She twisted her ankle in the scramble over the rocks.
Collocation
ADJ.
difficult, steep | desperate, mad, undignified, wild
There was a mad scramble for the exits.
PREP.
in a/the ~
I lost my sister in the scramble for a seat.
| ~ down, over, up, etc.
an undignified scramble down the slope
| ~ for
a scramble for tickets for the game
ADV.
frantically
They scrambled frantically over the piles of debris.
| awkwardly | away, back
VERB + SCRAMBLE
manage to
PREP.
down, into, out of, over, through, up, etc.
She managed to scramble over the wall.
PHRASES
scramble to your feet
He scrambled awkwardly to his feet.
| scramble to safety
Concise dictionary
scrambles|scrambled|scrambling'scræmblnoun
+an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
+rushing about hastily in an undignified way
verb
+to move hurriedly
+climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
+bring into random order
+stir vigorously
+make unintelligible
