释义 |
scotchscotch /skɒtʃ $ skɑːtʃ/ verb [transitive] scotchOrigin: 1400-1500 Perhaps from Anglo-French escocher ‘to make a cut in a surface’ VERB TABLEscotch |
Present | I, you, we, they | scotch | | he, she, it | scotches | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scotched | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scotched | | he, she, it | has scotched | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scotched | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scotch | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scotched |
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Present | I | am scotching | | he, she, it | is scotching | | you, we, they | are scotching | Past | I, he, she, it | was scotching | | you, we, they | were scotching | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scotching | | he, she, it | has been scotching | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scotching | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scotching | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scotching |
- Any suggestion, however, that the Board itself might disappear is rapidly scotched.
- Clay and Truman quickly scotched such talk.
- Commanders, R.N., are a notoriously hard-drinking breed, which scotched that suspicion.
- Did his opinion of her prompt him to try to scotch any possibility of a friendship developing between Rob and herself?
- Meanwhile, a spokesman for the group has scotched rumours that Bill Wyman is about to leave the Stones.
- Webster is just one of the converts who can appreciate single malt scotches costing as much as $ 450 a bottle.
to stop something happening by firmly doing something to prevent it: He issued an announcement to scotch rumours of his death. |