late 14c., from Old French escare "scab" (Modern French escarre), from Late Latin eschara, from Greek eskhara "scab formed after a burn," literally "hearth, fireplace," of unknown origin. English sense probably influenced by Middle English skar (late 14c.) "crack, cut, incision," from Old Norse skare, related to score (n.). Figurative sense attested from 1580s.
scar (v.)
1550s, from scar (n.1). Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Scarred; scarring.
scar (n.2)
"bare and broken rocky face of a cliff or mountain," 1670s, earlier "rock, crag" (14c.), perhaps from Old Norse sker "isolated rock or low reef in the sea," from Proto-Germanic *sker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
雙語例句
1. A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing.
肌肉撕裂復(fù)原后會(huì)留下疤痕。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Her face was disfigured by a long red scar.
她臉上一條紅色的長疤使她破相了。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. a scar on his cheek
臉上的傷疤
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. Haas identified the suspect by the scar on his face.
哈斯通過他臉上的傷疤辨認(rèn)出他是嫌疑犯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The blowup showed a scar on the attacker's cheek.