0 to use your fingers to quickly find something that you cannot see -- （用手指）扒找，翻找
We were scrabbling over the rocks as fast as we could. 我们以最快速度攀过那些岩石。
Paul scrabbled up the cliff, dislodging several small stones. 保罗急急爬上悬崖，蹬掉了几块小石头。
The government is scrabbling around for ways to raise revenue without putting up taxes. 政府正在摸索增加财政收入而不加税的办法。
He was scrabbling in the sand searching for the ring. 他在沙子里扒找戒指。
1 a brand name for a game played on a board covered in squares in which players win points by creating words from letters with different values and connecting these words with ones already on the board -- 拼字游戏
One scrabbles about and finds a pair of spectacles that makes one see rather better.
She will have to scrabble round her house.
The public are entitled to information about such matters and cannot go scrabbling through tenders and agreements.
He clambered on to the rear of the car, scrabbled open the sliding door, and ate my friend.
In too many cases the interests of the banks is predominant, and in the scrabble over the money, the banks have enormous power.
As long as the report was up for general debate and scrabble and scratch, we should have been no further forward.
The nursery voucher scheme wasted millions on bureaucracy and advertising, and resulted in providers competing for children, and parents scrabbling for places.
He has scrabbled around to try to find bits of extra money in an attempt to justify income tax cuts.
