English-Thai Dictionary

scape

N ก้านดอก ไร้ ใบ จาก พื้นดิน 

 

scapegoat

N ผู้รับเคราะห์ แทน คนอื่น  dupe sacrifice substitute phu-rab-kor-rai-tan-kon-uen

 

scapegrace

N คน เกเร (โดยเฉพาะ เด็ก  เป็น คำ โบรา ณ  คน เสเพล  คน ไม่รับผิดชอบ  rogue scamp kon-kea-rea

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCAPE

v.t.To escape; a contracted word, not now used except in poetry, and with a mark of elision. [See Escape. ]

 

SCAPE

n. 1. An escape. [See Escape. ]
2. Means of escape; evasion.
3. Freak; aberration; deviation.
4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obsolete in all its senses.]

 

SCAPE

n.[L. scopus; probably allied to scipio, and the Gr. scepter. ] In botany, a stem bearing the fructification without leaves, as in the narcissus and hyacinth.

 

SCAPE-GOAT

n.[escape and goat. ] In the Jewish ritual, a goat which was brought to the door of the tabernacle, where the high priest laid his hands upon him, confessing the sins of the people, and putting them on the heat of the goat; after which the goat was sent into the wilderness, bearing the iniquities of the people. Leviticus 16:1 .

 

SCAPELESS

a.[from scape. ] In botany, destitute of a scape.

 

SCAPEMENT

n.The method of communicating the impulse of the wheels to the pendulum of a clock.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCAPE

Scape, n. Etym: [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. scape. Cf. Scepter. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The long basal joint of the antennæ of an insect.

 

3. (Arch. ) (a ) The shaft of a column. (b ) The apophyge of a shaft.

 

SCAPE

Scape, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Scaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaping.]Etym: [Aphetic form of escape. ]

 

Defn: To escape. [Obs. or Poetic. ] Milton. Out of this prison help that we may scape. Chaucer.

 

SCAPE

SCAPE Scape, n.

 

1. An escape. [Obs. ] I spake of most disastrous chances,... Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. Shak.

 

2. Means of escape; evasion. [Obs. ] Donne.

 

3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. [Obs. ] Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. Milton.

 

4. Loose act of vice or lewdness. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

SCAPEGALLOWS

SCAPEGALLOWS Scape "gal `lows, n.

 

Defn: One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes. [Colloq. ] Dickens.

 

SCAPEGOAT

Scape "goat `, n. Etym: [Scape (for escape ) + goat. ]

 

1. (Jewish Antiq.)

 

Defn: A goat upon whose head were symbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 1 .

 

2. Hence, a person or thing that is made to bear blame for others. Tennyson.

 

SCAPEGRACE

SCAPEGRACE Scape "grace `, n.

 

Defn: A graceless, unprincipled person; one who is wild and reckless. Beaconsfield.

 

SCAPELESS

SCAPELESS Scape "less, a. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Destitute of a scape.

 

SCAPEMENT

Scape "ment, n. Etym: [See Scape, v., Escapement. ]

 

Defn: Same as Escapement, 3.

 

SCAPE-WHEEL

SCAPE-WHEEL Scape "-wheel `, n. (Horol.)

 

Defn: the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch ) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scape

scape |skāp skeɪp | ▶noun 1 Botany a long, leafless flower stalk coming directly from a root. 2 Entomology the basal segment of an insect's antenna, esp. when it is enlarged and lengthened (as in a weevil ). ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek skapos ‘rod ’; related to scepter .

 

scapegoat

scape goat |ˈskāpˌgōt ˈskeɪpˌɡoʊt | ▶noun (in the Bible ) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16 ). • a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, esp. for reasons of expediency. ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a scapegoat of. DERIVATIVES scape goat er noun, scape goat ing noun, scape goat ism |-ˌizəm |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from archaic scape ‘escape ’ + goat .

 

scapegrace

scape grace |ˈskāpˌgrās ˈskeɪpɡreɪs | ▶noun archaic a mischievous or wayward person, esp. a young person or child; a rascal. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from scape (see scapegoat ) + grace, literally denoting a person who escapes the grace of God.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scape

scape |skeɪp | ▶noun Entomology the basal segment of an insect's antenna, especially when it is enlarged and lengthened (as in a weevil ). ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek skapos ‘rod ’; related to sceptre .

 

scapegoat

scape |goat |ˈskeɪpgəʊt | ▶noun 1 a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency. 2 (in the Bible ) a goat sent into the wilderness after the Jewish chief priest had symbolically laid the sins of the people upon it (Lev. 16 ). ▶verb [ with obj. ] make a scapegoat of. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from archaic scape ‘escape ’ + goat .

 

scapegrace

scape |grace |ˈskeɪpgreɪs | ▶noun archaic a mischievous or wayward person, especially a young person or child; a rascal. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from scape (see scapegoat ) + grace, literally denoting a person who escapes the grace of God.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scapegoat

scapegoat noun find yourself another scapegoat: whipping boy; informal fall guy, patsy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scapegoat

scapegoat noun whipping boy, victim, Aunt Sally; N. Amer. goat; informal fall guy; N. Amer. informal patsy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scapegoat

sc á pe g ò at 名詞 C 1 «…の » 身代り, 罪を負わされた人 «for » ▸ make him a scapegoat for what has happened 起こったことの責任を彼に負わせる .2 〘聖書 〙贖罪 （しよくざい ）のヤギ 〘古代ユダヤでは贖罪の日にヤギに人々の罪を負わせ, 野に放った 〙.動詞 他動詞 (罪 責任を )…に (不当に )負わせる .