| 单词 | notch |
| 释义 | notch —notchy, adj. /noch/, n. 1. an angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge. 2. a cut or nick made in a stick or other object for record, as in keeping a tally. 3. New Eng. and Upstate New York. a deep, narrow opening or pass between mountains; gap; defile. 4. Informal. a step, degree, or grade: This camera is a notch better than the other. 5. Metall. a taphole in a blast furnace: iron notch; cinder notch. v.t. 6. to cut or make a notch in. 7. to record by notches: He notched each kill on the stick. 8. to score, as in a game: He notched another win. 9. notch up or down, to move up or down or increase or decrease by notches or degrees: The temperature has notched up another degree. [1570-80; a notch (by false division) for an *otch < OF oche notch] |
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