scuttle

英 [ˈskʌtl]

美 [ˈskʌtl]

v.  碎步疾跑; (故意)破坏，阻止，阻挠; 凿沉(船)
n.  淤塞，充塞; 为淤泥堵塞

过去式：scuttled　现在分词：scuttling　过去分词：scuttled　第三人称单数：scuttles　复数：scuttles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12225 / COCA.12712

牛津词典

verb

• 碎步疾跑
  to run with quick short steps
  1. She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.
     听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
  2. He held his breath as a rat scuttled past.
     见一只老鼠跑过，他屏住了呼吸。
• （故意）破坏，阻止，阻挠
  to deliberately cause sth to fail
  1. Shareholders successfully scuttled the deal.
     股东成功地阻止了这桩交易。
• 凿沉（船）
  to sink a ship deliberately by making holes in the side or bottom of it

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

• VERB 碎步疾跑;急赶;疾走
  When people or small animalsscuttlesomewhere, they run there with short quick steps.
  1. Two very small children scuttled away in front of them...
     两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。
  2. Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
     几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
• VERB 破坏;使成泡影;使中止
  Toscuttlea plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
  1. Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
     这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• VERB 凿沉(船)
  Toscuttlea ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
  1. He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
     他个人已收到莱曼司令要求凿沉轮船的命令。
• 同 coal scuttle
  Ascuttleis the same as acoal scuttle.

英英释义

noun

• an entrance equipped with a hatch
  Synonym:hatchwayopening
• container for coal
  Synonym:coal scuttle

verb

• to move about or proceed hurriedly
  1. so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
  Synonym:scurryscamperskitter

双语例句

• Unfortunately, this is another promise that is more likely to scuttle a relationship than shore it up.
  不幸地是，这是另一个破坏而不是支持关系的承诺。
• Two very small children scuttled away in front of them
  两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。
• And why did Kim Jong-il suddenly scuttle off to China, his second visit in under four months?
  金正日为什么突然跑到中国，在4个月内第二次访华？
• Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
  几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
• There may be occasional forays, just as men sometimes leave their huddled research bases in Antarctica to scuttle briefly across the ice cap before returning, for warmth, food and company, to base.
  偶然，可能还会有各种尝试，就像蜷缩在南极研究基地的人们一样，为了温暖、为了食品，为了伙伴，他们得短时间的跨越冰盖，然后再返回基地。
• Scuttle any chance of peace
  毁掉和平的一切机会
• A bumbling mechanic; a bungling performance; ham-handed governmental interference; could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature-mary h.vorse.
  笨手笨脚的技工；笨手笨脚的表演；政府笨拙的干涉；那些穷人笨手笨脚的，几乎不能将煤斗中的灰弄干净玛丽h弗斯。
• I have heard here that we British are planning to scuttle Roundup.
  我在这里听说我们英国人正在着手破坏围捕计划。
• Application of Mechanical Layering Branches and Coal Scuttle in Small and Medium-sized Industrial Boilers
  机械式分层分行煤斗在中小工业锅炉的应用
• There was a general scuttle for shelter when the rain began to fall heavily.
  下大雨了，人们都飞跑着寻找躲雨的地方。