| 释义 |
Scotchify, v.|ˈskɒtʃɪfaɪ|
[f. Scotch a. + -ify.]
trans. To render or make Scotch. Hence ˈScotchified ppl. a.; also ˌScotchifiˈcation.
1795Jemima II. 94 That man..who sometimes talks scotchified. 1817J. Evans Excurs. Windsor, etc. 487 The general character of the place [Ostend] was marked by the long windows and Scotchified gable ends of the houses. 1824J. Gilchrist Etym. Interpr. 272 Even the English are perceived to be Scotchified in their speech after a short residence in the North. 1832Fraser's Mag. VI. 501 [It] is only a Scotchification of a well-known Spanish proverb. 1850T. McCrie Mem. Agnew 211 They begged him not to ‘Scotchify’ their Sunday. 1891Daily News 19 Jan. 5/6 The ‘Scotchification of Essex’—we use the local expression... It is all owing to Scotch agriculturists taking a fancy for Essex farms. |