scruff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /skɹʌf/    美 /skɹʌf/|/skɹɐf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone with an untidy appearance. countable,uncountable
    — That candidate will never get the job: he's a right scruff.
  2. The loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals.
  3. Stubble, facial hair (on males). countable,uncountable
  4. The back of the neck, nape; also scruff of the neck. rare
    — He grabbed his unruly child by the scruff of the neck, and took him home.
  5. Crust. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  6. Scurf. countable,obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To lift or carry by the scruff. transitive
    — She gently scruffed the kitten who was trying to climb her leg.

词形变化

scruffs plural scruffs plural scruffs present,singular,third-person scruffing participle,present scruffed participle,past scruffed past

词汇关系

近义词
nape nucha nuchal withers
衍生词
Apple scruff scruffy

词源

词源 1
See scurf.
词源 2
1790, from earlier (1787) scuft and dialect scuff, influenced by scruff (“crust”).
Related to North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”) and Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”), from Proto-Germanic. Compare also Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), Middle High German schopf (German Schopf).
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