scrap
US: /ˈskɹæp/
UK: /skɹˈæp/
UK: /skɹˈæp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
scrap /skræp/
- danh từ
- mảnh nhỏ, mảnh rời
- (số nhiều) đầu thừa đuôi thẹo, mấu thừa
- đoạn cắt, ảnh cắt (cắt ở báo để đóng thành tập)
- kim loại vụn; phế liệu
- tóp mỡ, bã cá (để ép hết dầu)
- ngoại động từ
- đập vụn ra
- thải ra, loại ra, bỏ đi
- danh từ
- (từ lóng) cuộc ẩu đả, cuộc đánh nhau
- to hose a bit of a scrap with somebody: ẩu đả với ai
- (từ lóng) cuộc ẩu đả, cuộc đánh nhau
- nội động từ
- (từ lóng) ẩu đả, đánh nhau
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a small piece of sth, especially paper, fabric, etc: She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper. + (figurative) scraps of news / information + (figurative) She was just a scrap of a thing (= small and thin).
2 [sing.] (usually with a negative) a small amount of sth: It won't make a scrap of difference. + There's not a scrap of evidence to support his claim. + a barren landscape without a scrap of vegetation
3 (scraps) [pl.] food left after a meal: Give the scraps to the dog.
4 [U] things that are not wanted or cannot be used for their original purpose, but which have some value for the material they are made of: We sold the car for scrap (= so that any good parts can be used again). + scrap metal / iron + a scrap merchant / dealer (= a person who buys and sells scrap)
5 (informal) a short fight or quarrel: He was always getting into scraps at school.
See also -
+ verb (-pp-)
1 [VN] [often passive] to cancel or get rid of sth that is no longer practical or useful: They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building. + The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.
2 [V] (informal) to fight with sb: The bigger boys started scrapping.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 mite, bit, shred, bite, morsel, piece, fragment, shard or sherd, particle, sliver, snippet, snip, crumb, whit, iota, jot or tittle, snatch, drop, drip, grain, speck, molecule, atom, dab, trace, scintilla, hint, suggestion:
There wasn't a scrap of evidence to link him with the crime.
2 scraps. remnants, remains, leftovers, leavings, residue, vestiges, traces, scrapings, discards, rejections, rejects:
In the alley, two cats were fighting over some scraps of garbage.
3 waste, debris, rubbish, Colloq junk:
Any computer more than five years old isn't even worth its weight as scrap.
v.
4 discard, throw away, reject, abandon, give up, consign to the scrap heap, forsake, forget, get rid of, dispose of, dispense with, Colloq junk, US trash:
If I were you, I would buy a new car and scrap this one.
n.
1 fight, brawl, fracas, fray, affray, rumpus, scuffle, Donnybrook, battle (royal); row, dispute, argument, quarrel, disagreement, wrangle, squabble, tiff, spat, Colloq ruckus, set-to, dust-up:
A terrible scrap broke out in the pub last and the police were called in. Our neighbours were having a scrap about who should take the dog for a walk.
v.
2 fight, brawl, spar, scuffle, battle, row, wrangle, argue, disagree, squabble, bicker:
Let's not scrap over trifles - only important things.
Collocation dictionary
1 small piece or amount
ADJ.
little
She scribbled the address on a little scrap of paper.
| food
The pigs are fed on food scraps.
PREP.
~ of
Every scrap of land in the town has been built on.
2 recyclable items or material
QUANT.
piece
VERB + SCRAP
sell sth for
The engine has been sold for scrap.
| collect
SCRAP + NOUN
iron, material, metal, paper, etc. | heap, yard
(also
scrapyard)
My first computer has been consigned to the scrap heap.
| dealer, merchant | value
Police estimate the scrap value of the lead at around £8,000.
3 fight
VERB + SCRAP
get into, have
PREP.
in a/the ~
He looks like he's been in a scrap.
| ~ with
He had a bit of a scrap with the boy next door.
Concise English dictionary
scrapped|scrapping|scrapsskræp
noun
+a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
+worthless material that is to be disposed of
+a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
+the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
verb
+dispose of (something useless or old)
+have a disagreement over something
+make into scrap or refuse
