网络释义专业释义英英释义
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
scruff /skrʌf/
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1.
PHRASE If someone takes an animal or person by the scruff of the neck, they take hold of the back of the neck or collar suddenly and roughly. 颈背 [v n PHR]
例：He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.
他一把抓住狗的颈背，把它拎了起来。
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2.
N-COUNT an untidy scruffy person 邋遢的人 [非正式]
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.
他一把抓住狗的颈背，把它拎了起来。
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She grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and threw him out.
她一把抓住他的脖子，将他扔了出去。
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The only sound was the soft scruff of their feet upon the steps.
唯一的声响便是他们的脚叩在石阶上的声音。
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"There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".
VOA: standard.2009.12.17
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You say to yourself, "Ah ha! There is an example of somebody taking language by the scruff of the neck and changing it as an individual, exerting an individual will over against the conventional nature of language."
你也许会想，这不就是一个,凭个人力量改变语言,的活生生的例子吗,它的确改变了语言的惯例“
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