| 单词 | scotch |
| 释义 | scotch /skɒtʃ $ skɑːtʃ/ verb [transitive] PREVENTto stop something happening by firmly doing something to prevent it 遏止，制止，阻止 He issued an announcement to scotch rumours of his death. 他发表了一项声明，驳斥有关他已经死亡的谣言。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusscotch• Any suggestion, however, that the Board itself might disappear is rapidly scotched.• Did his opinion of her prompt him to try to scotch any possibility of a friendship developing between Rob and herself?• Webster is just one of the converts who can appreciate single malt scotches costing as much as $ 450 a bottle.• Meanwhile, a spokesman for the group has scotched rumours that Bill Wyman is about to leave the Stones.• Clay and Truman quickly scotched such talk.• Commanders, R.N., are a notoriously hard-drinking breed, which scotched that suspicion.Related topics: DrinkScotch1 noun [countable, uncountable] DFDa strong alcoholic drink made in Scotland, or a glass of this （一杯）苏格兰威士忌（酒） → whisky Two Scotches, please. 请来两杯苏格兰威士忌。Examples from the CorpusScotch• Scotch and soda• He went to the bar and poured a large Scotch.• He drank neat Scotch and called the barmaid a fine filly.• The almost empty bottle of Scotch was in keeping with Moore, and so was one glass.• In Bangkok you can relax with Johnnie Walker, the world's most popular Scotch.• I handed Glen the glass with ice, pouring Scotch into it.• So did a lot of people - many the worse for drink and other things - from the Scotch of St James.Scotch2 adjective old-fashioned x-refScottish 苏格兰的；苏格兰人的Examples from the CorpusScotch• At the end, Rakovsky opened a bottle of his favourite Scotch whisky and offered a drink to the young colonel.• First, export information on the whisky industry is already published by the Scotch Whisky Association.• But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle, and the tax is 19.81p.Origin scotch (1400-1500) Perhaps from Anglo-French escocher “to make a cut in a surface”scotch verbScotch1 nounScotch2 adjectiveChinese stop doing happening to something firmly Corpus by |
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