Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.scrape; shave; scratch; remove something by rubbing over the surface of it with something sharp or rough
我叔叔的脸刮得很干净。
My uncle's face was cleanly shaven.
他每天早上都会刮脸。
He shaves his face every morning.
这个男孩经常用刀刮桌子。
This boy often scrapes the desk.
- 2
v.(of wind) blow; carry; sweep
大风再次刮起来了。
The gale blew up again.
树叶被风刮得到处乱飞。
The leaves were blown about.
大门被刮开了。
The door was blew open.
- 3
v.plane
桌面仍有地方粗糙不平,还要刮一刮。
There are still a few rough places on the surface of the table that need to be planed.
刮木头
plane wood
- 4
v.extort; fleece; plunder
从农民身上刮来的钱财
the wealth extorted from the peasants
投机商只知道刮百姓的钱。
Opportunistic merchants only know how to fleece money from the people.
敌人把百姓的粮食刮光了。
The enemy extorted all of the people's grain.
- 5
v.smear/daub/plaster (with paste, plaster, etc.); spread over the surface of something (paste, etc.)
给桌子刮腻子后再刮油漆
putty up a table before painting it
刮浆
smear paste
- 6
v.dialrebuke; reprimand; dress down
他执拗地要跟队伍开拔,哭得战友们动了心,去团长那儿请求,结果都被刮了一顿。
He obstinately tried to break away with the regiment, so that his comrades, moved by crying, went to the colonel to plead, and were reprimanded.
Words and phrases with 刮
- 刮土[word]scraping
- 刮匙[word]curet
- 刮胶[word]frictioning
- 刮刀[word]scraper
- 刮阴风[word]stir up trouble
- 刮板[word]strickle board
- 刮地皮[word]scrape off the earth
- 刮痧[word]a popular folk treatment for sunstroke by scraping the patient's neck, chest or back
- 刮骨刀[word]xyster
- 刮目相待[idiom]same as 刮目相看
- 刮目相看[idiom]have a complete new appraisal of somebody
- 刮垢磨光[idiom]make an effort to improve oneself; be meticulous and painstaking