Scotch cousin
[法] 远亲
🧩 词语组成解析
scotch
[skɔtʃ]
vt. 扑灭;使…受伤;切开，划开;制止转动;
n. 刻痕;格线;楔子;苏格兰人;
adj. <口>吝啬的;节约的，节俭的;苏格兰人的，苏格兰语的;
cousin
['kʌzn]
n. 堂[表]兄弟姊妹;远亲，同辈;
🗣️ 情景例句
And you saved it for me, didn't you, Mother?
也留着要给我， 对吗， 妈妈？
Some people sometimes ask me what is the secret of such a tremendous growth.
有时有人问我取得如此惊人增长的秘密是什么。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.
我和比尔借了一笔钱，买下了那条项链。在后来的10年时间里，我们两人为了偿还这笔借款不分昼夜地干活。这就是为什么我现在看起来这样老的原因。好了，过了这些年之后，我们终于还清了全部借款。