scratchy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by scratches.
    — An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
  2. Irritating; itchy.
  3. Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result of poor or low signal, interference or unfavourable atmospheric conditions. informal
    — The FM station two hundred miles away was receivable, but the audio was too scratchy to positively identify.
  4. Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from scratch marks.
    — Once he almost fell asleep, and then the little record player started up in his mother and father's bedroom. Mom was playing her scratchy Elvis 45s again.
  5. Irritable; tetchy. informal
    — 'Now, now, don't get scratchy,' said Casali. 'You've got enough troubles of your own. […]

词形变化

scratchier comparative scratchiest superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English scratch
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English scratchy
From scratch + -y.
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