scotch

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /skɒt͡ʃ/    美 /skɑt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A surface cut or abrasion.
  2. Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”). alt-of,alternative,countable,uncountable
    — A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
  3. Scotch tape. uncountable
  4. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
  5. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
    — a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground
动词 v.
  1. To cut or score; to wound superficially. transitive
    — We have scotched the snake, not killed it.
  2. To rape. Australian,slang,transitive
  3. To prevent (something) from being successful. transitive
    — The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach.
  4. To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor. transitive
    — The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation.
  5. To block a wheel or other round object. transitive
    — The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels.
  6. To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument. transitive
  7. To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads. transitive
    — Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching
  8. To clothe or cover up. obsolete,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”) alt-of,alternative

词形变化

scotches plural scotches present,singular,third-person scotching participle,present scotched participle,past scotched past more scotch comparative most scotch superlative scotches plural scotches present,singular,third-person scotching participle,present scotched participle,past scotched past

词汇关系

衍生词
hopscotch scotch mint

词源

词源 1
From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.
词源 2
From 3M's Scotch tape.
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