scotch
verb[T]
formaluk/skɒtʃ/us/skɑːtʃ/topreventsomething from beingbelievedor being done:
破除;制止;取消;阻止Herremarkswereintendedto scotchrumoursofimminentjoblosses.她的话意在制止即将裁员的谣言。
Synonym
thwart
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother