scrap /ˈskræp/
碎片,殘餘物,些微,片斷,鐵屑,吵架(vt.)扔棄,敲碎
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Scrap n.
1. Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
I have no materials -- not a scrap. --De Quincey.
2. Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract.
3. pl. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat; as, pork scraps.
4. pl. Same as Scrap iron, below.
Scrap forgings, forgings made from wrought iron scrap.
Scrap iron. (a) Cuttings and waste pieces of wrought iron from which bar iron or forgings can be made; -- called also wrought-iron scrap. (b) Fragments of cast iron or defective castings suitable for remelting in the foundry; -- called also foundry scrap, or cast scrap.
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Shrap Shrape n. A place baited with chaff to entice birds. [Written also scrap.] [Obs.]
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scrap
adj : disposed of as useless; "waste paper" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded,
junked, scrap(a), waste]
n 1: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a
bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip,
flake, fleck]
2: worthless material that is to be disposed of [syn: rubbish,
trash]
3: a small piece of something that is left over after the rest
has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there
was not a scrap left"
4: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke
out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the
streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
[syn: fight, fighting, combat]
v 1: dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old
chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"
[syn: trash, junk]
2: have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the
question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo
fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel,
dispute, argufy, altercate]
3: make into scrap or refuse; "scrap the old airplane and sell
the parts"
[also: scrapping, scrapped]