scruff
scruff1
noun
scruff2
noun
noun
- the back of a person's or animal's neck
（人或动物的）后颈，颈背，后领
he grabbed him by the scruff of his neck.
他揪住他的后颈。
- [with obj.]grasp (an animal) by the scruff of its neck
抓住（动物的）颈背
- late 18th cent.: alteration of dialect scuff, of obscure origin
scruff2
noun
- (Brit. informal)a person with a dirty or untidy appearance
(英，非正式)不整洁的人，邋遢的人
- early 16th cent. (in the sense 'scurf'): variant of scurf. The word came to mean 'worthless thing', whence the current sense (mid 19th cent.)
热门查询
- affray n.（尤指在公共场所的）吵架,扰乱,打群架,闹事
- affreight v.租船运货,雇船
- affreighter n.租船运货
- affreightment n.租船货运
- affricate n.塞擦音
- affricative adj.塞擦音的
- affright v.& n.惊吓，恐怖
- affront n.（当众）侮辱，（故意）冒犯 vt.公开侮辱,冒犯,面对,<古>相遇
- affronted adj.被侮辱的，被冒犯的 v.勇敢地面对( affront的过去式和过去分词 ),<古>相遇
- affrontedly adv.被侮辱地，被冒犯地
- affrontedness n.被侮辱，被冒犯
- affrontive adj.<古>（公开）侮辱的
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