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单词 scathe
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Definition of scathe in English:

scathe

verb skeɪðskeɪð
archaic
  • 1with object and usually with negative Harm; injure.

    伤害;损害

    he was barely scathed

    他差点儿受伤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He'd been hit a few times, but for someone of his magnitude, it barely scathed him.
    Synonyms
    hurt, wound, harm, damage, disable
    1. 1.1literary Damage or destroy by fire or lightning.
      〈诗/文〉(被火、闪电)灼伤;烧焦
      the pine tree scathed by lightning-fire
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The little wiry bushes that grow all over Yosemite seem to be barely scathed by the flames in places, a tribute to their hardiness.
noun skeɪðskeɪð
mass nounarchaic
  • Harm; injury.

    伤害;损害

    it was cheering to hear that you had got through winter and diphtheria without scathe

Derivatives

  • scatheless

  • adjective
    archaic

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb).

Rhymes

bathe, lathe, rathe, spathe, swathe

Definition of scathe in US English:

scathe

verbskeɪðskāT͟H
usually be scathedarchaic
  • 1with object and usually with negative Harm; injure.

    伤害;损害

    he was barely scathed

    他差点儿受伤。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He'd been hit a few times, but for someone of his magnitude, it barely scathed him.
    Synonyms
    hurt, wound, harm, damage, disable
    1. 1.1literary Damage or destroy by fire or lightning.
      〈诗/文〉(被火、闪电)灼伤;烧焦
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The little wiry bushes that grow all over Yosemite seem to be barely scathed by the flames in places, a tribute to their hardiness.
nounskeɪðskāT͟H
archaic
  • Harm; injury.

    伤害;损害

Origin

Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb).

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