(adj) of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language, Syn. Scottish, Scotch, Example:Scots Gaelic; the Scots community in New York; `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'; `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
(n) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn, Syn. Acer pseudoplatanus, great maple, scottish maple
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a. ] Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect. [ 1913 Webster ]
[麦克斯韦 / 麥克斯韋, Mài kè sī wéiㄇㄞˋ ㄎㄜˋ ㄙ ㄨㄟˊ] Maxwell (name); James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves#85183
[亚当・斯密 / 亞當・斯密, Yà dāng· Sī mìㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄤ· ㄙ ㄇㄧˋ] Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish ethical philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论, See Also: 國富論, 国富论