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词汇 scrag
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Definition of scrag in English:

scrag

verbscragging, scrags, scragged skraɡskræɡ
[with object]
  • 1British informal Handle roughly; beat up.

    〈非正式,主英〉粗暴对待;痛打

    my brothers were hoping he'd put a foot wrong so they could scrag him
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I saw one group of traders run off like a startled herd, while three police, like a pack of hunting dogs, scragged the least nimble.
    1. 1.1Rugby Grasp (an opponent) by placing an arm around the neck.
      〔英橄〕搂住(对手)脖子
      he was scragged by Budd and Cooper came away with the ball
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our No 8 Jim Bell had scragged him on the line as he had tried to kick the ball clear, but it fell straight on the floor, so I dived on it to score.
      • He was scragged by two players, disappeared under a heap of bodies, but emerged from the bottom of the ensuing ruck none the worse for wear.
      • Again the Australian referee courted controversy when he seemed to indicate a Scottish penalty advantage but gave none when Blair was duly scragged by the green jerseys.
      • Scotland still had their chances and on 59 minutes De Marigny was scragged by Ally Hogg and the Italian No.10 held on too long.
      • There is talk that Cameron Ling is having his jumper framed, complete with a picture below of him scragging Buckley to the ground.
  • 2US archaic Kill by strangling or hanging.

    〈古或美〉扼杀;绞死

    many an honester man than her has been scragged
    1. 2.1dated, informal Kill; murder.
      〈美〉杀死;谋杀
      you can think up a nicer way of scragging me than by drowning, because you know I loathe water
      Synonyms
      kill, do to death, put to death, assassinate, execute, liquidate, eliminate, neutralize, dispatch, butcher, cut to pieces, slaughter, massacre, wipe out, mow down
nounPlural scrags skraɡskræɡ
  • 1An unattractively thin person or animal.

    骨瘦如柴的人(或动物)

    his companion was a thin scrag of a man
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Xio, who now was wearing a very displeased face replied, ‘My finals don't start till noon you little scrag!’
    • I'm not about to let that two-bit scrag get a piece of my action,’ she told journalists.
    • She is a tall scrag of a woman, crouched in profile, alone on a steep verge above the relentless Florida traffic.
    • She's a dud, a bit of a scrag if you ask me.
    • They had me and the rest of those scrags and scalawags gyrating all over in some sort of fiendish trance!
    Synonyms
    skin and bone, stick
  • 2archaic, informal A person's neck.

    〈古,非正式〉人的脖子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I don't like this scrag, ‘he answers, pulling at the skin at the top of his neck.’

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a noun): perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag 'neck'. The verb (mid 18th century) developed the sense 'handle roughly' from the early use 'hang, strangle'.

Rhymes

bag, blag, brag, Bragg, crag, dag, drag, flag, gag, hag, jag, lag, mag, nag, quag, rag, sag, slag, snag, sprag, stag, swag, tag, wag, zag

Definition of scrag in US English:

scrag

verbskræɡskraɡ
[with object]British informal
  • 1Handle roughly; beat up.

    〈非正式,主英〉粗暴对待;痛打

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I saw one group of traders run off like a startled herd, while three police, like a pack of hunting dogs, scragged the least nimble.
    1. 1.1US archaic Kill, especially by strangling or hanging.
      〈古或美〉扼杀;绞死
nounskræɡskraɡ
  • 1An unattractively thin person or animal.

    骨瘦如柴的人(或动物)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's a dud, a bit of a scrag if you ask me.
    • They had me and the rest of those scrags and scalawags gyrating all over in some sort of fiendish trance!
    • She is a tall scrag of a woman, crouched in profile, alone on a steep verge above the relentless Florida traffic.
    • I'm not about to let that two-bit scrag get a piece of my action,’ she told journalists.
    • Xio, who now was wearing a very displeased face replied, ‘My finals don't start till noon you little scrag!’
    Synonyms
    skin and bone, stick
  • 2informal, archaic A person's neck.

    〈古,非正式〉人的脖子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘I don't like this scrag, ‘he answers, pulling at the skin at the top of his neck.’

Origin

Mid 16th century (as a noun): perhaps an alteration of Scots and northern English crag ‘neck’. The verb (mid 18th century) developed the sense ‘handle roughly’ from the early use ‘hang, strangle’.

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