scotch

英 [sk?t?] 美[skɑt?]

GRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

第三人稱單數:?scotches;過去式:?scotched;過去分詞:?scotched;現在分詞:?scotching;

1. 諧音“使刻切、使刻起、使可切、石刻起”----在石頭上刻起刻痕“某某到此一游”。
2. 區分：scotch, scorch: scotch => Scotch（n 蘇格蘭人），曾經被英格蘭鎮壓。scorch => 中間的r既像花兒也像火苗。

Scotch 蘇格蘭人，蘇格蘭威士忌

縮寫自 Scottish,蘇格蘭人，因英格蘭人以該詞杜撰了諸多貶義詞義，所以不為蘇格蘭人所喜。現主要詞義縮寫自 Scotch Whiskey,蘇格蘭威士忌。

scotch 阻止，挫敗

來自中古英語 scocchen,砍，切，可能最終來自 PIE*sek,砍，切，詞源同 segment,scythe.插入字母 t,比較 bake,batch.引申比喻義阻止，挫敗。

scotch (v.): "stamp out, crush," 1825, earlier "make harmless for a time" (1798; a sense that derives from an uncertain reading of "Macbeth" III.ii.13), from scocchen "to cut, score, gash, make an incision" (early 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from Anglo-French escocher, Old French cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," perhaps from Latin coccum "berry of the scarlet oak," which appears notched, from Greek kokkos. Related: Scotched; scotching.
Scotch (adj.): "of Scotland," 1590s, contraction of Scottish. Disdained by the Scottish because of the many insulting and pejorative formations made from it by the English (such as Scotch greys "lice;" Scotch attorney, a Jamaica term from 1864 for strangler vines).

Scotch-Irish is from 1744 (adj.); 1789 (n.); more properly Scots-Irish (1966), from Scots (mid-14c.), the older adjective, which is from Scottis, the northern variant of Scottish. Scots (adj.) was used in Scottish until 18c., then Scotch became vernacular, but in mid-19c. there was a reaction against it. Scotch Tape was said to be so called because at first it had adhesive only on the edges (to make it easier to remove as a masking tape in car paint jobs), which was interpreted as a sign of cheapness on the part of the manufacturers.
scotch (n.1): 1778, elliptical for Scotch whisky. See Scotch (adj.).
scotch (n.2): "incision, cut, score, gash," mid-15c., related to scotch (v.).

1. Egan crossed to the drinks cabinet and poured a Scotch.: 伊根穿行來到酒柜旁，倒了一杯蘇格蘭威士忌。

2. He polished off his scotch and slammed the glass down.: 他一仰脖喝完蘇格蘭威士忌，砰的一聲把杯子放下。

3. Meat labelled "Scotch Beef" sells for a premium in supermarkets.: 帶有“ScotchBeef（蘇格蘭牛肉）”標志的牛肉在超市里售價不菲。