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.)).
例文
1. A muscle tear will leave a scar after healing.
筋肉が引き裂かれて回復すると傷跡が残る。
2.Her face was disfigured by a long red scar .
彼女の顔にある赤い長い傷跡が彼女を破裂させた。
3.a scar on his cheek
顔の傷跡
4.Haas identified the suspect by the scar on his face.
ハースは彼の顔の傷跡から容疑者であることを認識した。
5.The blowup showed a scar on the attacker 's cheek.