scruff of neck
基本解释
- 頸背
英汉例句
- Catch sb by the ARM, throat, scruff of the neck, etc.
抓住某人的胳臂、掐住某人的脖子等。 - And made of pork fried, boil, my time, you'd by the scruff of the neck meat.
而用豬肉做炸、汆等的小丸子的時候,就最好用頸背肉。 - His passing ability has never been in question but the issue, wearing Keane's old No16, was whether he had the authority to take games by the scruff of the neck.
他的傳球能力從未遭到質疑,但是還是有人認爲他擔負不起16號球衣。因爲他似乎還不能統治比賽。
blog.sina.com.cn - "There is a sense that when the political leaders arrive in the next few days, that they will be able to overcome some of the stumbling blocks, because I believe the leaders will be able to really grab this issue by the scruff of the neck and get down to the substance and bridge the remaining gaps,".
- You say to yourself, "Ah ha! There is an example of somebody taking language by the scruff of the neck and changing it as an individual, exerting an individual will over against the conventional nature of language."
你也許會想,這不就是一個,憑個人力量改變語言,的活生生的例子嗎,它的確改變了語言的慣例“
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節選 - We finally had to take the most vile offender by the scruff of its neck and force it to change.
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