[with obj.]decisively put an end to
结束;破除
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a spokesman has scotched the rumours .一位发言人已经辟谣。
〈古〉 暂时遏制(危险物)
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feudal power in France was scotched ,though far from killed .法国的封建势力被挫败了,虽然还远没有被置于死地。
[with obj. and adverbial]wedge (someone or something) somewhere
楔入
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he soon scotched himself against a wall .很快他紧紧地靠在墙上。
[with obj.]
〈古〉 用楔子楔住(轮子等滚动物体)。
〈古〉 楔子,制动楔,制动垫块。
〈古〉 切割(或刻划)… 的表皮。
〈古〉 (表皮上的)切口;划痕。
old-fashioned term for
〈旧〉 同
short for
[as plural noun](
〈旧〉 苏格兰人。
[mass noun]
〈旧〉 苏格兰英语。
"early 17th cent. (as a noun):of unknown origin; perhaps related to