"nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to North Frisian skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Dutch schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Germanic source (compare Old Norse skopt "hair of the head," Gothic skuft, Middle High German schopf, German Schopf). Another theory holds it to be a variant of scurf.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.
他一把抓住狗的脖子把它拎起來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck.
貓咬住幼崽的后頸把它叼了起來(lái).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. The cat picked up the kitten by the scruff of its neck.