to use your fingers to quickly find something that you cannot see

He was scrabbling in the sand searching for the ring. 他在沙子里扒找戒指。

to try to get something quickly that is not easily available

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。

to climb quickly and without care

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。

We were scrabbling over the rocks as fast as we could. 我们以最快速度攀过那些岩石。

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