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[det] Scot
指单个苏格兰人，注意首字母通常大写。
A Scot was walking down the street.
一个苏格兰人正在街上走。
苏格兰人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
苏格兰人
a native or inhabitant of Scotland
A Scot was walking down the street.
一个苏格兰人正在街上走。
出生或土生于苏格兰的人
A person born in or native to Scotland.
My friend is a scot from Edinburgh.
我的朋友是来自爱丁堡的苏格兰人。
The scots are known for their love of bagpipes.
苏格兰人以其对风笛的热爱而闻名。
He considers himself a true scot, proud of his heritage.
他认为自己是真正的苏格兰人，为自己的传统感到自豪。
指单个苏格兰人，注意首字母通常大写。
A Scot was walking down the street.
一个苏格兰人正在街上走。
指全体苏格兰人，作为复数名词使用。
The Scots are known for their whisky.
苏格兰人以他们的威士忌闻名。
可以用形容词修饰，表示特定类型的苏格兰人。
He is a proud Scot.
他是一个自豪的苏格兰人。
Not this
He is a Scottish.
Use this
He is a Scot.
“Scottish”是形容词，不能与冠词“a”连用表示人；表示“苏格兰人”的正确名词是“Scot”。
Not this
He is a Scotland.
Use this
He is a Scot.
“Scotland”是国家名称，不能用来指人；表示“苏格兰人”的正确名词是“Scot”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一个自豪的苏格兰人
He is a proud scot who loves his homeland.
他是一个为自己的家乡感到自豪的苏格兰人。
真正的苏格兰人
Braveheart is a story about a true scot.
《勇敢的心》是一个关于真正苏格兰人的故事。
同胞苏格兰人
The fellow scots gathered for the Highland Games.
同胞苏格兰人聚集在一起参加高地运动会。
海外的苏格兰人
Many scots abroad celebrate Burns Night.
许多海外的苏格兰人庆祝彭斯之夜。
安然无恙，未受惩罚
The thief escaped scot-free with the stolen jewels.
小偷带着偷来的珠宝安然逃脱了。
分担的税赋或责任
Everyone in the village had to pay scot and lot for the new road.
村里每个人都必须为新路分摊税赋。
我是威廉·华莱士。我是一个苏格兰人。
In Braveheart, William Wallace declares his identity as a Scot.
在《勇敢的心》中，威廉·华莱士宣称自己是苏格兰人。
我是苏格兰人，不是奇迹创造者。
Scotty from Star Trek often says this to emphasize his engineering limitations.
《星际迷航》中的斯科蒂经常说这句话来强调他的工程局限性。
Use scot naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
scot音似‘斯考特’，联想苏格兰人穿着格子裙。
neutral, historical/cultural/everyday; 通常指苏格兰人，无特殊语域限制。
All listed words rhyme with 'scot' (same stressed vowel /ɒ/ and ending /t/). Be cautious of lookalikes like 'scoot' (/skuːt/) which sound different.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.