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scrounge around (for sth)
用于表示翻找或捡拾，尤其是找不值钱、零碎的东西。
They scrounged around for firewood in the forest.
他们在树林里四处找柴火。
搜寻；翻找；搜罗
scrounging — present participle of scrounge
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搜寻；翻找；搜罗
to search around for something, especially something of little value; to scavenge
They scrounged around for firewood in the forest.
他们在树林里四处找柴火。
四处搜寻(尤指不值钱的东西)；捡拾。
To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
从他人处弄到价值不大或无关紧要的东西。
To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
scrounge
Base
原形
scrounges
3rd person
第三人称单数
scrounging
-ing
现在分词
scrounged
Past
过去式
scrounged
Past participle
过去分词
He scrounges food from the market.
他从市场上乞讨食物。
She scrounged a meal from the neighbors yesterday.
她昨天从邻居那里讨了一顿饭。
He is scrounging around for spare change.
他正在四处搜寻零钱。
He always tries to scrounge a free meal from his neighbors.
他总是试图从邻居那里蹭一顿免费饭。
During the camping trip, we had to scrounge for firewood in the nearby forest.
露营期间，我们不得不在附近的森林里搜寻柴火。
She scrounged some old newspapers to use as packing material.
她搜罗了一些旧报纸用作包装材料。
用于表示翻找或捡拾，尤其是找不值钱、零碎的东西。
They scrounged around for firewood in the forest.
他们在树林里四处找柴火。
off 比 from 更口语化；指靠开口向别人要来小东西。
He scrounged a cigarette off his colleague.
他向同事蹭了一根烟。
Not this
He scrounged me a meal.
Use this
He scrounged a meal from me.
这里受汉语“蹭了我一顿饭”双宾结构影响，把“我”写成了间接宾语。scrounge 在“向某人讨要/蹭”的义项下，要直接跟“所讨之物”作宾语，来源由 from 或 off 引出，不能接“sb. sth.”双宾语。
Not this
He scrounged for a cigarette from his colleague.
Use this
He scrounged a cigarette from his colleague.
表示“向某人讨要某物”时，scrounge 是及物动词，直接以“想要的东西”为宾语，不需要加 for。加了 for 后意思变成“搜寻、翻找”，且与 from 搭配语义混乱；来源要用 from 或 off 引出。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
四处翻找；到处搜寻
He scrounged around in the drawer for a pen.
他在抽屉里四处翻找钢笔。
（费力）凑集；勉强找到
We managed to scrounge up enough chairs for the meeting.
我们好不容易凑够了开会用的椅子。
搜寻；捡拾
The kids were scrounging for shells on the beach.
孩子们在海滩上捡拾贝壳。
靠（某人）白吃白喝；向（某人）蹭要
He's always scrounging off his friends instead of getting a job.
他总靠朋友白吃白喝，而不是去找工作。
蹭一顿饭
Can I scrounge a meal at your place tonight?
我今晚能在你家蹭顿饭吗？
到处翻找（尤指食物或小物件）
I scrounged around in the drawer for a pen.
我在抽屉里到处翻找一支笔。
搜寻凑集；费力弄到
We managed to scrounge up enough food for dinner.
我们设法凑够了晚餐吃的食物。
（靠别人）白吃白拿；占便宜
He's always scrounging off his neighbors instead of buying his own things.
他总是从邻居那里白拿东西，而不是自己买。
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scrounge 里有 crou（像 crouch‘蹲’的开头）：想象有人蹲在角落翻找，从别人那儿蹭点小东西——就是‘翻找、蹭、白拿’。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、非正式场合 scrounge 多用于非正式口语，表示‘搜寻/捡拾’或‘向人讨要、蹭’小东西；正式写作中较少使用。
及物动词直接接宾语，不及物动词常跟介词 for 或 off
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