VERB (迅速地)爬,攀登 If you scramble over rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you.
Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect camera angle... 游客们在正爬上岩石寻找最佳的拍摄角度。
He scrambled up a steep bank. 他攀上了一个陡峭的河堤。
VERB 仓促行动;慌忙前往 If you scramble to a different place or position, you move there in a hurried, awkward way.
Ann threw back the covers and scrambled out of bed... 安掀开被子,急忙下了床。
He scrambled to his feet. 他赶忙站起身来。
VERB 争夺;抢夺 If a number of people scramble for something, they compete energetically with each other for it.
More than three million fans are expected to scramble for tickets... 预计会有超过 300 万的球迷抢购门票。
Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest. 商业繁荣,外国人争相投资。
Scramble is also a noun.
...the scramble for jobs. 对工作机会的争夺
...a scramble to get a seat on the early morning flight. 争订凌晨班机的座位
VERB 炒(蛋) If you scramble eggs, you break them, mix them together and then heat and stir the mixture in a pan.
Make the toast and scramble the eggs. 把面包烤一下并炒些鸡蛋。
VERB 倒换(无线电或电话信号)的频率(使只有持特殊仪器的人才能接收) If a device scrambles a radio or telephone message, it interferes with the sound so that the message can only be understood by someone with special equipment.
The latest machines scramble the messages so that the conversation cannot easily be intercepted. 最新的机器对信号作扰频处理,通话就不易被侦听了。