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单词 scotch
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scotch

verb
/skɒtʃ/
/skɑːtʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scotch
/skɒtʃ/
/skɑːtʃ/
he / she / it scotches
/ˈskɒtʃɪz/
/ˈskɑːtʃɪz/
past simple scotched
/skɒtʃt/
/skɑːtʃt/
past participle scotched
/skɒtʃt/
/skɑːtʃt/
-ing form scotching
/ˈskɒtʃɪŋ/
/ˈskɑːtʃɪŋ/
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  1. scotch something to stop something from happening; to take action to end something
    • Plans for a merger have been scotched.
    • Rumours that he had fled the country were promptly scotched by his wife.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScotch is used with these nouns as the object:
    • myth
    • rumour
    See full entry
    Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun): of unknown origin; perhaps related to the verbskate. The sense ‘render temporarily harmless’ is based on an emendation of Shakespeare's Macbeth iii. ii. 13 as “We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it”, originally understood as a use of scotch ‘to cut or score skin’; the sense ‘put an end to’ (early 19th cent.) results from the influence on this of the notion of wedging or blocking something so as to render it inoperative.

Scotch

noun
/skɒtʃ/
/skɑːtʃ/
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  1. [uncountable] the type of whisky made in Scotland
    • a bottle of Scotch
    Topics Drinksc2
  2. [countable] a glass of Scotch
    • Do you want a Scotch?
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: contraction of Scottish.

Scotch

adjective
/skɒtʃ/
/skɑːtʃ/
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  1. of or connected with Scotland
    More About describing things from Scotlanddescribing things from Scotland
    • The adjective Scottish is the most general word used to describe the people and things of Scotland, while Scots is only used to describe its people, its law and especially its language:
      • Scottish dancing
      • the Scottish parliament
      • a well-known Scots poet
      • a slight Scots accent.
    • The adjective Scotch is now mainly used in fixed expressions such as Scotch whisky and Scotch broth and sounds old-fashioned or insulting if it is used in any other way.
    • The noun Scotch means whisky, and the noun Scots refers to a language spoken in Scotland, closely related to English. A person who comes from Scotland is a Scot:
      • The Scots won their match against England.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScotch is used with these nouns:
    • egg
    • tape
    • whisky
    • …
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: contraction of Scottish.
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