English Dictionary

scratch

IPA（発音記号）

/skɹæt͡ʃ/

形容詞

比較不可

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work. / Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

日本語の意味

予備的または暫定的で、未完成な作業・状態を示す。 / 急ごしらえで組み立て・配置・構築された状態を示す。

She put together a scratch draft of the proposal to share with the team.

彼女はチームと共有するために、提案書の仮の下書きをまとめた。

意味（1）

For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.

This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.

意味（2）

Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation

A scratch company of two innocuous youths and a pacified veteran was therefore what now offered itself to Mrs. Stringham, who rustled in a little breathless and full of the compunction of having had to come alone.

意味（3）

(computing) Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.

scratch memory

意味（4）

(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.

... the shot that does most to make a genuine scratch golfer is the mashie shot up to the pin — not merely up to the green.