scruff

• n. 首の後ろ；うなじ

scurf、dandruffから引用。

scruff (n.)

"nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to North Frisian skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Dutch schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Germanic source (compare Old Norse skopt "hair of the head," Gothic skuft, Middle High German schopf, German Schopf). Another theory holds it to be a variant of scurf.

1. He picked the dog up by the scruff of the neck.

彼は犬の首をつかんで持ち上げた。

2.The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck.

猫は赤ちゃんの襟足にかみついてくわえた。

3.The cat picked up the kitten by the scruff of its neck.

大きな猫が子猫の首の甲をくわえている。

4.He took an animal by the scruff of the neck.

彼は動物の首の背をつかんだ。

5.He 's a dreadful scruff ！

彼はだらしない！