scotching
present participle ofscotch
| 单词 | scotching |
| 释义 | scotching present participle ofscotch scotch verb[T] formaluk/skɒtʃ/us/skɑːtʃ/topreventsomething from beingbelievedor being done: Herremarkswereintendedto scotchrumoursofimminentjoblosses. Synonym thwart Preventing and impeding
Examplesofscotchingscotching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I seem to begin all my replies byscotchingcanards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is better for me to concentrate on trying to make the plan effective therebyscotchingrumours in the newspapers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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