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单词 scruff
释义
scruff
noun
uk
/skrʌf/us
/skrʌf/

scruffnoun(NECK)

by the scruff ofthe/yourneck
by theskinat the back of theneck:
抓着…的颈背
Catscarrytheirkittensby the scruff of theneck.猫提小猫时叼它的颈背。
Itook/grabbedhim by the scruff of hisneckandthrewhim out of thehall.我揪住他的脖子把他扔出了大厅。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
The head & neck of non-human animals
  • antler
  • beak
  • cockscomb
  • comb
  • crested
  • crop
  • dewlap
  • horn
  • horned
  • jaw
  • muzzle
  • neck
  • nose
  • pouch
  • proboscis
  • snout
  • sucker
  • trunk
  • tusk
  • wattle
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scruffnoun(PERSON)

[C]UKinformal
adirtyanduntidyperson:
邋遢的人
Ifeelabitof a scruff in myjeans.我穿着牛仔裤感觉有些邋遢。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dirt & untidiness
  • bloodstain
  • blotch
  • clutter
  • contaminant
  • contamination
  • crud
  • filthiness
  • fleck
  • grime
  • grunge
  • gunge
  • muck
  • omnishambles
  • pollutant
  • polluter
  • recontamination
  • shambles
  • slime
  • slob
  • smear
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scruffs[plural]UKinformal
clothesthat are notformalorsuitableforworkorspecialoccasions,especiallyoldorwornclothes:
I always getchangedinto my scruffs assoonas I gethomefromwork.
Why can't welookas good as that inourscruffs?
(Definition ofscrufffrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
scruff
noun
uk
/skrʌf/us
/skrʌf/

scruffnoun(NECK)

by the scruff ofthe/yourneck
by theskinat the back of theneck
抓着…的颈背
Catscarrytheirkittensby the scruff of theneck.猫提小猫时叼它的颈背。
Itook/grabbedhim by the scruff of hisneckandthrewhim out of thehall.我揪住他的脖子把他扔出了大厅。

scruffnoun(PERSON)

[C]UKinformal
adirtyanduntidyperson
邋遢的人
Ifeelabitof a scruff in myjeans.我穿着牛仔裤感觉有些邋遢。

scruff| American Dictionary

scruff
noun
us
/skrʌf/
the scruff ofyourneck
the scruff ofyourneckthe back ofyourneck:
Shegrabbedthedogby the scruff of hisneckandhungon to him.
(Definition ofscrufffrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscruff

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I did not know it but what may start in thescruffof the neck may end up anywhere.
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Most of the disabled take life by thescruffof the neck.
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Apparently, the new technology which has been suggested involves a chip in thescruffof the neck of the dog, but the technology has not yet been perfected.
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Constables would grab hold of demonstrators by an arm or leg, or by thescruffof the neck, and drag them at the double the full length of the square.
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You may take the working man—he may be a wretched waiter—and collar him by thescruffof the neck and put him in an internment camp.
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He took the race by thescruffof the neck.
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Cats with the condition can not be grasped by thescruff, as this may tear away.
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Scrufffirst appears in season 14 and has appeared in seasons 15, 16 and 17.
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A cat is carried by thescruffof its neck by a teenage boy.
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What he lacks at the moment is that self-confidence and belief to take a game by thescruffof the neck.
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The skin tears easily, particularly in strategic positions such as thescruffof the neck.
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If the handler tries simply to grasp thescruffor does not hold it tight behind the ears he is liable to be bitten.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Subcutaneous injections can be in thescruffof the neck close to the handler's thumb while holding the mouse firmly on a surface that it can grasp.
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If any local authority had wasted even a fraction of that amount, its councillors would have been dragged by the scruffs of their necks through the courts, surcharged and disqualified.
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They sent their sons, who went willingly, and very many are dead, but that is a very different thing fromscruff-necking those who are left.
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