| 单词 | scotch |
| 释义 | scotch I. 1. archaic < he scotched him and notched him like a carbonado — Shakespeare > 2. < scotched the snake, not killed it — Shakespeare > < what seemed crushed had only been scotched — Times Literary Supplement > 3. a. < luckily the mischief was as quickly scotched — Mrs. Humphry Ward > b. < the newspapers scotched reports that four ministers … had resigned by publishing a photograph — New York Times > < statistics of some accuracy were made available and the depopulation theory was finally scotched — J.H.Plumb > II. 1. 2. III. 1. a. b. 2. 3. Synonyms: < the entire Scotch people > < the inconvenience of having nothing in England like the Scotch one-pound note — J.A.Todd > < a schism in the Scotch Church — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < the overwhelming proportion being English, Scotch, or Irish in descent — Carnegie Magazine > < a Scotch painter > < not all the Scottish names that survive today are truly Scotch in origin — H.L.Mencken > scottish has a more literary, less colloquial flavor and use < the zest, courage, and good humor of the nineteenth-century Scottish author are infectious — E.A.Bloom > < she left for Edinburgh the following year to assume the Scottish crown — Geoffrey Bruun & H.S.Commager > < the Scottish Universities — J.G.Winant > < Scottish literature > scots is used in the same way as scottish < the names of Scots and English shipowners — Joseph Conrad > < a Scots writer — Howard M. Jones > except that scots is sometimes preferred to scottish in reference to law and in historical references to money < a pound Scots > In Scotland itself scottish and scots are often preferred to scotch < a delegation of Scottish editors — Scotsman > < Scottish cricket — Scotsman > < the Scots community in New York — Scotsman > < new Scots air link — Scotsman > but scotch also is used < the signs confirmed my recollection that the Scotch Scotch are not ashamed of the word Scotch and do not go about protesting that Scottish and Scots are preferable forms — A.J.Liebling > especially with regard to the products of Scotland < wool jersey … and Scotch tweeds are favorite fabrics — Women's Wear Daily > IV. 1. capitalized 2. plural in construction, capitalized 3. often capitalized a. b. V. 1. 2. < now there was a scotch in his running with her — D.H.Lawrence > VI. intransitive verb dialect chiefly England transitive verb 1. < scotched the back wheels of the wagon with two pieces of wood > 2. < sensible and limited proposals for the reform of spelling and grammar have been scotched — C.P.Barbier > 3. < scotched a flat stone behind each wheel — E.L.Thomas > < tried to break the slat by scotching it against the wall and hitting it with her foot — H.E.Bates > VII. variant of scutch |
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