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

• There is no guarantee that political concerns, fears surrounding Chinese food safety or other factors won't scuttle the deal before it is consummated.
  在交易达成前，谁也不能保证政治上的担忧、对中国食品安全的顾虑或其它因素不会令交易中途受挫。
• Anybody holding a meeting is encouraged to sit on a central, raised dais, rather than scuttle into a private hole; the idea, as one employee explained, is to encourage a climate of transparency and collaboration.
  无论谁要主持会议，都被鼓励坐到一个位于办公室中心、被抬高的台子上，而不是躲到某个密室里；一位政府雇员介绍，其目的是鼓励一种透明、协作的氛围。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
  几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
• 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。
• Eg. several conscripts were seen to scuttle off barracks.
  有人看见几个新兵从兵营里逃走了。
• The cute animals scuttle from one side of the road to the other and pop out of drains in order to avoid being hit by traffic.
  这些可爱的小动物从马路的一头飞跑到另一头，再从排水道钻出来，以免被过路的车撞到。
• Torsional rigidity is vital to minimise the scuttle shake associated with most convertible cars and to help maintain the car's dynamic composure.
  对于大多数敞篷车，扭转刚性对减小风挡振动和保持动态稳定性特别重要。