/ˈskræpi/
形容词,有两个常见含义:
Despite being the smallest player on the team, she was the most scrappy and never backed down from a challenge.
尽管她是队里最瘦小的球员,却最有拼劲,从不在挑战面前退缩。
The band released a scrappy debut album recorded in their garage, but its raw energy won over thousands of fans.
这支乐队发行了一张在车库里录制的粗糙的首张专辑,但其原始的能量赢得了成千上万歌迷的喜爱。
scrappy 源自名词 scrap,而 scrap 有两个不同的词源分支。表示"好斗的"含义时,来自 scrap(打架、争斗),这个用法可能源自古北欧语 skrapa(抓、刮)。表示"零碎的"含义时,来自 scrap(碎片、废料),源自古北欧语 skrap(残余物)。加上形容词后缀 -y,形成了 scrappy 一词。这个词在19世纪开始广泛使用,尤其在美式英语中,"好斗、不服输"的含义非常常见。