scrawl /skrɔːl/ TEM8 ( scrawling, scrawled, scrawls )

• 1. 

  V-T If you scrawl something, you write it in a careless and messy way. 潦草地写

  例：

  He scrawled a hasty note to his wife.

  他草草写了张便条给他妻子。

  例：

  Someone had scrawled "Scum" on his car.

  有人已在他的车上涂写了“人渣”字样。

• 2. 

  N-VAR You can refer to writing that looks careless and messy as a scrawl. 潦草的字迹

  例：

  The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.

  这封信是手写的，字迹潦草，几乎无法辨认。