scotch

缩写自 Scottish,苏格兰人，因英格兰人以该词杜撰了诸多贬义词义，所以不为苏格兰人所喜。 现主要词义缩写自 Scotch Whiskey,苏格兰威士忌。

来自中古英语 scocchen,砍，切，可能最终来自 PIE*sek,砍，切，词源同 segment,scythe.插入 字母 t,比较 bake,batch.引申比喻义阻止，挫败。

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.

伊根穿行来到酒柜旁，倒了一杯苏格兰威士忌。

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2. He polished off his scotch and slammed the glass down.

他一仰脖喝完苏格兰威士忌，砰的一声把杯子放下。

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3. Meat labelled "Scotch Beef" sells for a premium in supermarkets.

带有“ScotchBeef（苏格兰牛肉）”标志的牛肉在超市里售价不菲。

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4. He poured himself a Scotch.

他为自己倒了一杯苏格兰威士忌。

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5. He was from an ordinary Scotch-Irish family.

他生于一个普通的苏格兰－爱尔兰家庭。

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