| 单词 | to put a scotch on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put a scotch on a. Something that serves to prevent or impede the progress or accomplishment of proceedings, a plan, etc.; an obstacle, an obstruction. Esp. in to put a scotch on and variants. to put a scotch on (also under) a person's wheel: to hinder or restrain a person.In later use a figurative use of sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. xlvi. sig. Ii2v It is time, so soone as our breathing hath set a scotch vpon Time. 1855 G. D. Ruffini Dr. Antonio x. 178 The Baronet, who did not like so many scotches put to his plans. 1868 Accrington Times 29 Aug. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. (at cited word) Send us two up to th' parlyment un wae'll put scotch to th' progress o' o th' Radical movements. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at Cant) If 'e dunna mind 'is owd rabbit grins, an' let other folks alone, I'll put a scotch on 'is weel afore lung. 1893 United Service Mag. Nov. 119 The whole thing strangled correspondence, and helped to put a scotch on the wheels of international friendship and commerce. 1967 in T. Kiffmeyer Reformers to Radicals (2008) vii. 190 Pike County officials..acted..to put a scotch under the wheels of the volunteers. 1986 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 9 Oct. 1 The director wanted us to play slaves, writhing on the floor. He wanted us nude, too, but (the late) Carol Fox (former general manager) put a scotch on that. < as lemmas |
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