“Scottishry”的英英意思

单词 Scottishry
释义 Scottishry|ˈskɒtɪʃrɪ|
[f. Scottish a. + -ry; cf. Irishry, Welshry, etc.]
Scottish character or nationality; a Scottish trait, Scottishness.
1958C. Watson Coffin, scarcely Used iv. 44 ‘Ye hear tha' frae the wee booy!’ he chortled... ‘For heaven's sake, drop that phoney Scottishry, Rupert.’1973Daily Tel. 24 Nov. 11/1 The whole business of Highland Scottishry is so technical that an Englishman may find himself rebuked on a point of Gaelic or a question of optics.1979Ibid. 17 Aug. 14/3 Fake Scottishry of the kind which reduces the noble name of the last Lord of the Isles, Donald Dubh, to the almost indistinguishable name of the cartoon duck.

 

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