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be scrubbing [sth] with [tool]
动词用法：scrubbing 是动词 scrub 的现在分词，表示“用力擦洗”；with 引出所使用的工具。
She is scrubbing the bathtub with a brush.
她正在用刷子刷洗浴缸。
擦洗；刷洗
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擦洗；刷洗
the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
She is scrubbing the bathtub with a brush.
她正在用刷子刷洗浴缸。
擦洗的动作；擦洗
The action of the verb to scrub
用力擦洗的行为；擦洗动作。
An act of cleaning in which something is scrubbed.
从气体中去除杂质；气体净化。
The removal of impurities from gas.
The kitchen floor needed a good scrubbing after the party.
聚会之后，厨房地板需要好好擦洗一遍。
A careful scrubbing with warm soapy water removed the dirt from the wall.
用温肥皂水仔细擦洗，去除了墙上的污垢。
The pan was shiny after several scrubbings.
这个锅经过几次擦洗后变得光亮。
动词用法：scrubbing 是动词 scrub 的现在分词，表示“用力擦洗”；with 引出所使用的工具。
She is scrubbing the bathtub with a brush.
她正在用刷子刷洗浴缸。
名词用法：scrubbing 表示“擦洗、刷洗”，a scrubbing 常与 need 或 give 搭配。
The kitchen floor needs a good scrubbing.
厨房地板需要好好刷洗一下。
动名词用法：动名词短语 Scrubbing the oven 作主语，谓语动词用单数 is。
Scrubbing the oven is tiring.
擦洗烤箱很累人。
Not this
She spent an hour scrubbing on the kitchen floor.
Use this
She spent an hour scrubbing the kitchen floor.
动词 scrub 是及物动词，后面直接接被擦洗的对象，不能像汉语“在……上擦”那样用介词 on。所以 scrubbing the kitchen floor 才是“擦洗厨房地板”。
Not this
The scrubbing the floor made me tired.
Use this
The scrubbing of the floor made me tired.
这里的 scrubbing 是名词（动名词），表示“擦洗”这个动作，后面接动作对象时要用 of 来连接，不能像动词一样直接跟宾语。the scrubbing of the floor 才表示“擦洗地板”。
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刷洗用的硬毛刷
She used a scrubbing brush to clean the kitchen floor.
她用一把硬毛刷擦洗厨房地板。
进行擦洗
I'll do the scrubbing while you dry the dishes.
我来擦洗，你负责擦干盘子。
（术前）彻底洗手消毒
The surgeon spent five minutes scrubbing up before the operation.
外科医生在手术前花了五分钟彻底洗手消毒。
把某物彻底擦洗一遍
Give the bathtub a good scrubbing this weekend.
这个周末把浴缸彻底擦洗一遍。
擦洗地板
Floor scrubbing is hard work, so we took turns.
擦洗地板很累，所以我们轮流做。
用力擦掉
She kept scrubbing away at the stain until it disappeared.
她不停地用力擦洗那个污渍，直到它消失。
他们一直让我擦擦洗洗、打扫卫生。
From the song 'The Work Song' in Disney's Cinderella (1950), sung by Jaq and Gus, describing Cinderella's endless chores before the royal ball.
出自迪士尼动画《仙履奇缘》（1950）中贾克与葛斯演唱的《The Work Song》歌词，形容灰姑娘在舞会前被使唤做不完的家务。
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联想：scrub 的后半截是 rub（擦），反复用力擦的动作就是刷洗——scrubbing。
语域：neutral 常见场景：household cleaning、cleaning chores scrubbing 作名词时多指用刷子等擦洗的动作，通常用于日常清洁场景，语气中性，口语和书面语都比较常用。
这些词都以 -ubbing 结尾，与 scrubbing /ˈskrʌbɪŋ/ 押韵（/ʌbɪŋ/），重音都在首音节。注意拼写相似的 scribbling /ˈskrɪblɪŋ/、scrabbling /ˈskræblɪŋ/ 元音不同，不与之押韵；scrub /skrʌb/ 和 scrubbed /skrʌbd/ 也不是 -ing 形式。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.