scoop
noun
verb
skuːp noun
1 an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it 〔抢先登出或播出的〕独家新闻
a journalist looking for a scoop
寻觅独家新闻的记者
2 a round deep spoon for serving food, for example ICE CREAM or MASHED potato 勺,球形勺
3
scoopful
also 又作 an amount of food served with a scoop 一勺之量
[+ of ]
two scoops of ice cream
两勺冰激凌
4 information about something [美,非正式] 消息,信息 AmE informal
the inside scoop (=special information that other people do not have) on the markets
有关市场的内部消息
what’s the scoop?
verb
5 to pick something up or remove it using a scoop or a spoon, or your curved hand 〔用勺子〕舀出; 捧起,掬起 always + adv/prep
She bent down and scooped up the little dog.
她弯腰捧起小狗。
Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon.
把番茄切成两半,用茶匙把籽挖出。
6 to be the first newspaper to print an important news report 〔报纸〕抢先报道
Time and again we have scooped our rivals.
我们一次次抢在对手之前报道大事。
7 to win a prize or AWARD [英] 赢取,捧走〔奖项〕 BrE
Britain scooped the top prize in the over 50s category.
英国队捧走了 50 岁以上组别的头奖。
8 if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left 把…抢购一空
Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale.
狂热的仰慕者们在最初的几个小时内就把收藏卡抢购一空。