/skɔ:(r); skɔr/
n
1 [C]
(a) number of points, goals, etc made by a player or team in a game, or gained in a competition, etc （比赛中一方得的）分数
*a high/low score 高[低]分
* make a good score of
50 points 获得50分的好成绩
* What's my score? 我得了多少分?
* [attrib 作定语] a score-keeper, score-sheet 记分员、记分单. =>App
4 见附录4.
(b) number of points made by both players or teams in such a game, etc （比赛中双方得的）分数, 比分
*keep the score, ie keep a record of the score as it is made 记分数
* The final score was 4-3. 最後的比分是4比3.
(c) number of marks gained in a test, examination, etc （考试、测验得的）分数
*a score of
120 in the IQ test 智商测验中获得的120分.
2 [C] cut, scratch or scrape on a surface 刻痕; 划痕
*deep scores on the rock, eg made by a glacier 岩石上深深的凹痕（如冰川留下的）
* scores made by a knife on the bark of a tree 用刀在树皮上划的痕迹.
3 [sing] (dated infml 旧, 口) amount of money owed, eg in a restaurant 欠帐, 欠款（如于餐馆中）
*pay the score at the hotel 付旅店费.4 (a) [C] (pl unchanged 复数不变) set or group of twenty 二十
*a score of people 二十人
* three score and ten, ie
70 七十.
(b) scores [pl] very many 很多
*`How many people were there?' `There were scores (of them).' ｀那里有多少人?＇｀有很多（人）.＇
5 [C]
(a) written or printed version of a piece of music showing what each instrument is to play or what each voice is to sing 总谱; 乐谱
*the piano score of the opera, ie with the orchestra's music arranged for a piano 歌剧中的钢琴乐谱.
(b) music for a film, play, etc （电影、戏剧等的）配乐
*a stirring film score by William Walton 由威廉·沃尔顿创作的感人的电影配乐.
6 (idm 习语) know the score => know. on more scores than `one for many good reasons 由于许多原因; 为了许多理由
*I want revenge against her on more scores than one. 我有种种理由要向她报复. on `that score with regard to that; as far as that is concerned 关于那一点; 为了这一点
*You need have no worries on that score. 你不必担心那件事. pay/settle an old score => old.