scotch
英 [sk?t?]
美[skɑt?]
- vi. 弄傷；制止轉動；撲滅；鎮壓
- n. 刻痕
GRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?scotches;過去式:?scotched;過去分詞:?scotched;現在分詞:?scotching;
助記提示
1. 諧音“使刻切、使刻起、使可切、石刻起”----在石頭上刻起刻痕“某某到此一游”。
2. 區分：scotch, scorch: scotch => Scotch（n 蘇格蘭人），曾經被英格蘭鎮壓。scorch => 中間的r既像花兒也像火苗。
2. 區分：scotch, scorch: scotch => Scotch（n 蘇格蘭人），曾經被英格蘭鎮壓。scorch => 中間的r既像花兒也像火苗。
中文詞源
Scotch 蘇格蘭人，蘇格蘭威士忌
縮寫自 Scottish,蘇格蘭人，因英格蘭人以該詞杜撰了諸多貶義詞義，所以不為蘇格蘭人所喜。 現主要詞義縮寫自 Scotch Whiskey,蘇格蘭威士忌。
scotch 阻止，挫敗來自中古英語 scocchen,砍，切，可能最終來自 PIE*sek,砍，切，詞源同 segment,scythe.插入 字母 t,比較 bake,batch.引申比喻義阻止，挫敗。
英文詞源
- scotch (v.)
- "stamp out, crush," 1825, earlier "make harmless for a time" (1798; a sense that derives from an uncertain reading of "Macbeth" III.ii.13), from scocchen "to cut, score, gash, make an incision" (early 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from Anglo-French escocher, Old French cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," perhaps from Latin coccum "berry of the scarlet oak," which appears notched, from Greek kokkos. Related: Scotched; scotching.
- Scotch (adj.)
- "of Scotland," 1590s, contraction of Scottish. Disdained by the Scottish because of the many insulting and pejorative formations made from it by the English (such as Scotch greys "lice;" Scotch attorney, a Jamaica term from 1864 for strangler vines).
Scotch-Irish is from 1744 (adj.); 1789 (n.); more properly Scots-Irish (1966), from Scots (mid-14c.), the older adjective, which is from Scottis, the northern variant of Scottish. Scots (adj.) was used in Scottish until 18c., then Scotch became vernacular, but in mid-19c. there was a reaction against it. Scotch Tape was said to be so called because at first it had adhesive only on the edges (to make it easier to remove as a masking tape in car paint jobs), which was interpreted as a sign of cheapness on the part of the manufacturers. - scotch (n.1)
- 1778, elliptical for Scotch whisky. See Scotch (adj.).
- scotch (n.2)
- "incision, cut, score, gash," mid-15c., related to scotch (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Egan crossed to the drinks cabinet and poured a Scotch.
- 伊根穿行來到酒柜旁，倒了一杯蘇格蘭威士忌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He polished off his scotch and slammed the glass down.
- 他一仰脖喝完蘇格蘭威士忌，砰的一聲把杯子放下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Meat labelled "Scotch Beef" sells for a premium in supermarkets.
- 帶有“ScotchBeef（蘇格蘭牛肉）”標志的牛肉在超市里售價不菲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He poured himself a Scotch.
- 他為自己倒了一杯蘇格蘭威士忌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He was from an ordinary Scotch-Irish family.
- 他生于一個普通的蘇格蘭－愛爾蘭家庭。
來自柯林斯例句