notch
noun/nɒtʃ/
/nɑːtʃ/
- a level on a scale, often marking quality or achievement
等级；档次；位阶 - The quality of the food here has dropped a notch recently.
这里的饭菜质量最近下降了一级。 - My spirits lifted a few notches when I heard the news.
当我听到这个消息时，我的精神振奋了几分。 - They've dropped their prices a notch or two.
他们把价格降了一两级。
- The quality of the food here has dropped a notch recently.
- a V-shape or a circle cut in an edge or a surface, sometimes used to keep a record of something
（表面或边缘的）V 形刻痕，圆形切口 - For each day he spent on the island, he cut a new notch in his stick.
他在岛上每过一天，就在手杖上刻一个新的记号。
Extra Examples- It's too low—move it up another notch.
它太低了——再提高一个档次。 - The handle fits into a notch on the side of the box.
手柄安装在盒子侧面的凹口中。
- For each day he spent on the island, he cut a new notch in his stick.
- each of a series of holes, for example in a belt
（腰带等的）孔 - She tightened her belt an extra notch.
她将腰带又束紧了一格。
- She tightened her belt an extra notch.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Anglo-Norman French noche, variant of Old French osche, of unknown origin.