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单词 scruff
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
scruff1 /skrʌf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Anatomythe nape or back of the neck.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
scruff1  (skruf ),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anatomythe nape or back of the neck.
  • Dutch schoft horse's withers
  • variant of dialect, dialectal scuff, scuft 1780–90

scruff2  (skruf ),USA pronunciation n. [Metall.]
  1. Metallurgy(in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.
  • metathetic variant of scurf

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scruff /skrʌf/ n
  1. the nape of the neck (esp in the phrase by the scruff of the neck)
Etymology: 18th Century: variant of scuft, perhaps from Old Norse skoft hair; related to Old High German scuft
scruff /skrʌf/ n
  1. informal an untidy scruffy person
  2. informal a disreputable person, ruffian
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