scotch是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 苏格兰,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The name of the yacht was the DUNCAN, and the owner was Lord Glenarvan, one of the sixteen Scotch peers who sit in the Upper House, and the most distinguished member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, so famous throughout the United Kingdom.
-- In his eyes the interests of his country were not identified with those of the Anglo-Saxons, and to give scope for personal development, he resolved to found an immense Scotch colony on one of the ocean continents.
-- If he had any fault it was his being so intensely Scotch from top to toe, a Caledonian of the Caledonians, an obstinate stickler for all the ancient customs of his country.
-- This was the reason he would never serve in England, and he gained his rank of Major in the 42nd regiment, the Highland Black Watch, composed entirely of Scotch noblemen.
-- "No," replied McNabbs, "and wouldn't give a Scotch pound-note for the information."
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Their Scotch bonnets, ornamented with plumes of jet black feathers, Mr Grinder carried on his instrument.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- cried he, "here are people who come up to the Scotch for hospitality.
-- The Captain's fingers were then running over the keys of the instrument, and I remarked that he touched only the black keys, which gave his melodies an essentially Scotch character.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Oh, they were brave little beasts, these wild Scotch bullocks, wild and fleecy.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Eliza-beth, easy and unaffected, had been listened to with much more pleasure, though not playing half so well; and Mary, at the end of a long concerto, was glad to purchase praise and gratitude by Scotch and Irish airs, at the request of her younger sisters, who, with some of the Lucases, and two or three officers, joined eagerly in dancing at one end of the room.
-- After playing some Italian songs, Miss Bingley varied the charm by a lively Scotch air; and soon afterwards Mr. Darcy, drawing near Elizabeth, said to her: 'Do not you feel a great inclination, Miss Bennet, to seize such an opportunity of dancing a reel?'
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They asked me what I was, in Portuguese, and in Span-ish, and in French, but I understood none of them; but at last a Scotch sailor, who was on board, called to me: and I answered him, and told him I was an Englishman, that I had made my escape out of slavery from the Moors, at Sal-lee; they then bade me come on board, and very kindly took me in, and all my goods.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The vest was of a rich Scotch plaid, set with a double row of round mother-of-pearl buttons.
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