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

• This paper analyzes the geometric features of the trousers type steel scuttle, sets up the mathematics model of the funnel surface of this scuttle.
  分析了裤衩型钢煤斗外形的几何特点，建立了裤衩型钢煤斗漏斗表面的数学模型，分析了曲面展开的算法。
• When he came back after removing the coal scuttle, Tommy Brock was lying a little more sideways;
  当他移走了煤斗后回来，汤米獾躺得更靠近床边一点；
• Twice he brought in his walking stick, and once he brought in the coal scuttle.
  有两次他把他的拐杖带进去，而有一次他带进去一个媒斗。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old school scold sold the school coal scuttle; if the old school scold sold the school coal scuttle, the school should scold and scuttle the old school scold.
  学校守旧派卖掉了学校的煤斗；如果学校守旧派卖掉了学校的煤斗，学校将责骂并解散学校守旧派。
• And past it scuttle a pair of uniformed women, diligently sweeping already spotless slabs of concrete.
  越过石头，两个身穿制服的女人在来回奔忙，勤勉地清扫着已然一尘不染的水泥地面。
• 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？
• Eg. several conscripts were seen to scuttle off barracks.
  有人看见几个新兵从兵营里逃走了。