scruff /skrʌf/

• 1. 

  PHRASE If someone takes an animal or person by the scruff of the neck, they take hold of the back of the neck or collar suddenly and roughly. 颈背 [v n PHR]

  例：

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

  他一把抓住狗的颈背，把它拎了起来。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT an untidy scruffy person 邋遢的人 [非正式]