score
verb
uk/skɔːr/us/skɔːr/scoreverb(WIN)
B1[IorT]
towinor get apoint,goal, etc. in acompetition,sport, orgame:
Tennant scored in the lastminuteof thegame.
She has scored over twentygoalsfor herteamthisseason.
In Americanfootball, atouchdownscores(= isworth)sixpoints.在美式橄榄球中，攻方持球触地得6分。
She scored 18 out of 20 in thespellingtest.拼写测试满分20分，她得了18分。
[T]mainlyUS
to get aparticularnumberofpointson atestor in anexamination:
She did well in herexam, scoring 85, well above thenecessary60.
All theyoungstersscored well inintelligencetests.
[T]mainlyUS
tocountordecideon thenumberofpointssomeone gets on atestor in anexamination:
Thousands ofteachersareinvolvedinpreparingquestionsforstatetestsand in scoring theexams.
Safeguards arebuiltin toensurethat thetestsare scoredcorrectly.
[I]UK(USkeep score)
torecordthenumberofpointswonbycompetitors:
记分We need someone to score for tomorrow'smatch.我们需要一个人为明天的比赛记分。
[IorT]
tosucceedin anactivityor toachievesomething:
赢；成功；达到She hascertainlyscored asuccesswith herlatestnovel.
His 2018teencomedyscored withaudiences, if not withcritics.
Nearly everybombscoredahit.几乎每一枚炸弹都命中了目标。
UKYou have a lot ofpatience- that's where you scoreover(= arebetterthan)youropponents.你非常有耐心——这是你胜过对手的地方。
- Glennon scored thedecidinggoalin thefinalminuteof thematch.
- They scoredtwiceearly on in thegame.
- He scored anequalizerduring theclosingminutesof thematch.
- You scoredfullmarksin thetest- ten out of ten!
- She hascertainlyscored asuccesswith herlatestnovel.
Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- aet
- against the run of playidiom
- bag
- blowsomeoneaway
- clean
- close-run
- co-holder
- concede
- equalizer
- golden goal
- pull
- pull back
- reelsomethingoff
- relegation zone
- run away withsomeone
- scorecard
- straight
- strike
- treble
- walk itidiom
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Marks & results
Refereeing & judging in sport
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
scoreverb(GET)
[T]USinformal
to get something:
获得，得到Imanagedto score acoupleofticketsto theWorldCupfinal.我设法搞到了几张世界杯决赛的入场券。
[IorT]slang
to getillegaldrugs:
搞到，弄到（毒品）Shetriedto score somedopein anightclub.她设法在夜总会搞到一些毒品。
[I]slang
to havesexwith someone that you have usually justmet:
（通常指与新认识的人）发生性关系Did you score lastnight, then?那你们昨天晚上上床了吗？
Getting, receiving and accepting
- acquire
- acquisition
- awardee
- carve
- carvesomethingout (foryourself)
- draw
- earn
- fill
- get out ofsomething
- get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
- glom ontosomething/someone
- go tosomeone
- honoree
- screwsomethingout ofsomeone
- secure
- seize
- seize on/uponsomething
- snapsomethingup
- snatch
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Drugs - general words
scoreverb(MARK)
[T]
to make a mark orcuton thesurfaceof something hard with apointedtool, or todrawalinethrough writing:
划；刻痕于；画线于If you score thetilefirst, it will beeasiertobreak.要是先在瓷砖上划一道痕，要破开就容易多了。
See also
underscoreverb
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- shear
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- slash
- sliced
- slit
- snip
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Deleting writing
scoreverb(MUSICAL TEXT)
[T]
to write orchangeapieceofmusicforparticularinstrumentsorvoices:
为…写总谱；为…配乐Thispieceis scoredforstringsandwoodwind.这是为弦乐和木管乐写的总谱。
Technical music terms
- accidental
- aleatory
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr.
- discord
- dissonance
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- longa
- mike check
- slur
- staccato
- step
- stepwise
- syncopate
- syncopated
- syncopation
- trill
Idioms
score points offsomeone
score points (with sb)
Phrasal verb
scoresomethingout/through
score
noun
uk/skɔːr/us/skɔːr/scorenoun(WIN)
B1[C]pluralscores
thenumberofpoints,goals, etc.achievedin agameorcompetition:
（比赛中的）得分，比分，成绩ahigh/lowscore高／低分
Have youheardthelatestcricketscore?你知道板球赛的最新比分吗？
Athalftime, the scorestoodat(= was)two all.半场的时候，比分是2：2。
Thefinalscore was 3–0.最终的比分是3：0。
Could youkeep(=record)the score at this afternoon'sgame?你能不能为今天下午的比赛记分？
[C]mainlyUSpluralscores(UKusuallymark)
thenumberofpointssomeone gets on atestor in anexamination:
Thetestscores of hundreds ofstudentswerecompared.
Only 939 out ofapproximately1.4 million highschoolseniorsachievedtheperfectscore.
- My score wasdepressinglylow.
- Youthrowthediceand whoever gets thehighestscore goes first.
- What was thehalf-timescore?
- The score nowstandsat 40–love.
- Thefinalscore was arespectable2–1.
General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- backspin
- ballplayer
- bend
- defend
- hat trick
- in boundsidiom
- inbounds pass
- indirect free kick
- kicker
- laysomeoneoff
- loft
- penalty
- smash-mouth
- spot kick
- square ball
- timeout
- underhand
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Marks & results
scorenoun(MUSIC)
[C]pluralscores
apieceof writtenmusicshowingthepartsfor all theinstrumentsandvoices:
（音乐的）总谱anorchestralscore管弦乐总谱
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[C]pluralscores
themusicwritten for afilm,play, etc.:
（电影、戏剧等的）配乐afilmscore电影配乐
Rodgerswrotethe scorefor/of/to"Oklahoma!".是罗杰斯为《俄克拉何马！》谱的曲。
Technical music terms
- accidental
- aleatory
- antiphonal
- arpeggio
- arr.
- discord
- dissonance
- harmonic
- harmony
- key signature
- longa
- mike check
- slur
- staccato
- step
- stepwise
- syncopate
- syncopated
- syncopation
- trill
scorenoun(TWENTY)
[Cusually singular]formalpluralscore
20 orapproximately20:
二十；二十左右Helivedto be three scoreyearsand ten(= until he was 70yearsold).他活到了70岁。
by the scoreformal
inlargenumbers:
大量地，大批地People areleavingtheorganizationby the score.人们纷纷退出该组织。
scores[plural]
a lot of things orpeople:
许多，大量Seanreceivedcardsfrom scoresoflocalwell-wishers.西恩收到了当地人送来的祝福卡。
Numbers: groups of things according to number
- baker's dozen
- brace
- companion
- couple
- dozen
- dyad
- dyadic
- gross
- null
- pair
- triad
- trinity
- trio
- twosome
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Large in number or quantity
Masses and large amounts of things
scorenoun(SUBJECT JUST MENTIONED)
on this/that score
C2
about the thing orsubjectthat has just beenmentioned:
在这个／那个问题上I'llletyou have themoney, so there's nothing toworryabout on that score.我会给你钱的，这样你就不用为钱的事担心了。
"Theteamhas a lot ofdeterminationtowin,"declaredthecoach. "I have nodoubtson that score."“我们队有十足的决心打嬴这场比赛，”教练说，“对此我毫不怀疑。”
Topics & areas of interest
- angle
- backyard
- bailiwick
- cause célèbre
- centrism
- con
- convention
- demesne
- domain
- front
- kingdom
- leitmotiv
- province
- scene
- specialism
- subject
- talk
- thematic
- theme
- topically
Idioms
settle a score
what's the score?