notch

🇬🇧/nɒtʃ/ 🇺🇸/nɑːtʃ/📚 9681 1托福雅思
You can refer to a level on a scale of measurement or achievement as a notch. 等级

noun [专属名词](表面或边缘的)V形刻痕,圆形切口;等级,档次;<美>山峡,峡谷;皮带上(搭扣插入)的孔

Average earnings in the economy moved up another notch in August.
平均经济收入在8月份又上升了一级。

verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. <非正式>赢得,获取;(在表面或边缘)刻V形痕,刻下切口

"It took longer than we wanted," Clemens said after notching his first victory since June 9.
“用的时间比我们希望的要长,”克莱门斯在6月9日以来赢得他的第一次胜利后说。

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In this country the good players are pulled down a notch or two. 在这个国家优秀运动员们被降了一到两级。
It is a myth that gunslingers in the American west cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot. 有种传说,美国西部的枪手们每杀死一个人就在他们的枪柄上刻下一个V形记号。
They have a notch in their belt. 他们的皮带上有个切口。
They are recognizable by their coloring (mostly brown with yellow spots), large pointed teeth, and the notch in their lower lip. 可以从它们的颜色(大多是带有黄色斑点的棕色)、大尖牙和下唇的凹陷处辨认出来。
She tightened her belt an extra notch. 她将腰带又束紧了一格。