scotch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++scotch /skɒtʃ $ skɑːtʃ/ verb [transitive] PREVENTto stop something happening by firmly doing something to prevent it 遏止，制止，阻止 He issued an announcement to scotch rumours of his death. 他发表了一项声明，驳斥有关他已经死亡的谣言。→ See Verb table
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scotch• Any suggestion, however, that the Board itself might disappear is rapidly scotched.• Did his opinion of her prompt him to try to scotch any possibility of a friendship developing between Rob and herself?• Webster is just one of the converts who can appreciate single malt scotches costing as much as $ 450 a bottle.• Meanwhile, a spokesman for the group has scotched rumours that Bill Wyman is about to leave the Stones.• Clay and Truman quickly scotched such talk.• Commanders, R.N., are a notoriously hard-drinking breed, which scotched that suspicion.Scotch1 noun [countable, uncountable] DFDa strong alcoholic drink made in Scotland, or a glass of this （一杯）苏格兰威士忌（酒） → whisky Two Scotches, please. 请来两杯苏格兰威士忌。Examples from the Corpus
Scotch• Scotch and soda• He went to the bar and poured a large Scotch.• He drank neat Scotch and called the barmaid a fine filly.• The almost empty bottle of Scotch was in keeping with Moore, and so was one glass.• In Bangkok you can relax with Johnnie Walker, the world's most popular Scotch.• I handed Glen the glass with ice, pouring Scotch into it.• So did a lot of people - many the worse for drink and other things - from the Scotch of St James.Scotch2 adjective old-fashioned x-refScottish 苏格兰的；苏格兰人的Examples from the Corpus
Scotch• At the end, Rakovsky opened a bottle of his favourite Scotch whisky and offered a drink to the young colonel.• First, export information on the whisky industry is already published by the Scotch Whisky Association.• But put it in a Scotch Whisky bottle, and the tax is 19.81p.Origin scotch (1400-1500) Perhaps from Anglo-French escocher “to make a cut in a surface”stop doing happening to something firmly Corpus by
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Scotch1 
noun [uncountable and countable]
a strong alcoholic drink made in Scotland, or a glass of this ⇨ whisky:
Two Scotches, please.
Scotch2 adjective old-fashioned
Scottish
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noun [uncountable and countable]a strong alcoholic drink made in Scotland, or a glass of this ⇨ whisky:
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adjective old-fashionedScottish
scotch
scotch /skɒtʃ $ skɑːtʃ/ verb [transitive]
He issued an announcement to scotch rumours of his death.
scotch /skɒtʃ $ skɑːtʃ/
verb [transitive] Date: 1400-1500
Origin: Perhaps from Anglo-French escocher 'to make a cut in a surface'
to stop something happening by firmly doing something to prevent it:Origin: Perhaps from Anglo-French escocher 'to make a cut in a surface'
The adjective Scottish is the most general word used to describe the people and things of Scotland, whileScots is only used to describe its people, its law and especially its language.形容词 Scottish 为含义最广的用语，形容来自苏格兰的人和物。Scots 仅用来表示苏格兰人、苏格兰法律，尤其是苏格兰语 ：◆ Scottish dancing 苏格兰舞蹈 ◆ the Scottish parliament 苏格兰议会 ◆ a well-known Scots poet 著名的苏格兰诗人 ◆ a slight Scots accent 轻微的苏格兰口音 The adjective Scotch is now mainly used in fixed expressions such asScotch whisky andScotch broth and sounds old-fashioned or insulting if it is used in any other way.形容词 Scotch 现主要用于某些固定短语中，如 Scotch whisky（苏格兰威士忌）和 Scotch broth（苏格兰浓汤）。用于其他地方则显得过时或带有侮辱性。 The noun Scotch means whisky, and the nounScots refers to a language spoken in Scotland, closely related to English. A person who comes from Scotland is aScot .名词 Scotch 指苏格兰威士忌，而名词 Scots 指与英语密切相关的苏格兰语。苏格兰人用 Scot 表示 ：◆ The Scots won their match against England. 苏格兰人在与英格兰人的比赛中获胜。