Tra từ scrub - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scrub [scrub scrubs scrubbed scrubbing] verb, noun BrE [skrʌb] NAmE [skrʌb]
verb (-bb-)
1. transitive, intransitive to clean sth by rubbing it hard, perhaps with a brush and usually with soap and water
•~ sth/yourself I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor.
•He stepped into the shower and scrubbed himself all over.
•~ sth/yourself down She scrubbed the counters down with bleach.
•~ (at sth) The woman scrubbed at her face with a tissue.
•~ sth/yourself + adj. Scrub the vegetables clean.
2. transitive ~ sth (informal)to cancel sth that you have arranged to do
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 n. sense 4 late 16th cent. Middle Low German Middle Dutch schrobben schrubben n. senses 2 to 3 late Middle English ‘stunted tree’ ↑shrub

Example Bank:
•He scrubbed the blood from his shoes.
•She scrubbed at the child's face with a tissue.
•The table had been scrubbed clean.
•his freshly scrubbed face
Derived: ↑scrub something off ▪ ↑scrub something off something ▪ ↑scrub something out ▪ ↑scrub up

noun
1. singular an act of scrubbing sth
•I've given the floor a good scrub.
2. uncountable small bushes and trees
•The bird disappeared into the scrub.
3. (also scrub·land)uncountable an area of dry land covered with small bushes and trees
4. scrubsplural (technical)the special clothes worn by ↑surgeons when they are doing medical operations

Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 1 n. sense 4 late 16th cent. Middle Low German Middle Dutch schrobben schrubben n. senses 2 to 3 late Middle English ‘stunted tree’ ↑shrub

Example Bank:
•The horses stood near a patch of scrub.
•The mountain was covered in scrub.
•The vegetation consisted of low scrub.
•miles of desert scrub
•I've given the floor a good scrub.

See also: ↑scrubland