scavage

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff. countable,historical,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To act as a scavenger, to scavenge.

词形变化

scavages plural scavages present,singular,third-person scavaging participle,present scavaged participle,past scavaged past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English scavage, schevage, schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of shewage.
词源 2
Back-formation from scavager.
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