scot-free
英 ['skɔt'fri:]
美
scot-free 免除征税,免于受罚,逃脱惩罚来自古英语 scotfreo,免税,免征,来自 scot,征税,上交给国王的税,来自古诺斯语 skot,贡金, 纳贡,字面意思为射出,投出,词源同 shot,shoot,-freo,免除,即 free.引申比喻义免于受罚, 逃脱惩罚等。
- scot-free
- scot-free: see shot
- scot-free (adj.)
- Old English scotfreo "exempt from royal tax," from scot "royal tax," from Old Norse skot "contribution," literally "a shooting, shot; thing shot, missile," from PIE *skeud- "to shoot, chase, throw" (see shoot (v.); the Old Norse verb form, skjota, has a secondary sense of "transfer to another; pay") + freo (see free (adj.)). First element related to Old English sceotan "to pay, contribute," Dutch schot, German Schoß "tax, contribution." French écot "share" (Old French escot) is from Germanic.
- 1. The capacities of the columns studied are a little higher than that of SCOT.
- 柱容量稍高于SCOT柱.
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- 2. Meanwhile steam consumption can be saved by about 15 % with the cascade SCOT process.
- 改进胺法脱硫工艺流程,采用溶剂集中再生及串级SCOT工艺,不仅可节省投资和占地面积,同时串级SCOT可节省蒸汽约15%.
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- 3. The 42-year-old Scot has guided the team to victory in three of their last five games.
- 这位42岁的苏格兰人带领球队在最近5场比赛中赢了3场。
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- 4. I am a hardy and a vigourous Scot.
- 我是一个身体结实、精力旺盛的苏格兰人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. His accent proclaimed that he was a Scot.
- 他的口音显示出他是苏格兰人.
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