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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
  这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• All this scuttle butt was laughed off as nonsense.
  这些小道消息被当作一派胡言而一笑置之。
• Combined with a completed project, aspecial-shaped steel scuttle which has two eccentric and wedge-shaped hoppers.
  本文结合一个异型钢煤斗工程，其形式为上部矩形进口下部收口楔形的偏口双漏斗。
• 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。
• Have orders to scuttle at the approach of an enemy.
  下达了命令对于敌人临近时要沉船。
• The continuous discharge technology for steel coal scuttle in thermal power plants was introduced.
  介绍火力发电厂钢煤斗加仓的连续上煤技术。
• In this study, the mechanism and solution of such noise genera-based on the vibration model of scuttle seal.
  文章从天窗密封条振动的力学模型上探讨产生摩擦异响的机理以及解决此类异响的对策。