scuttle
verb /ˈskʌtl/
/ˈskʌtl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they scuttle | /ˈskʌtl/ /ˈskʌtl/ |
| he / she / it scuttles | /ˈskʌtlz/ /ˈskʌtlz/ |
| past simple scuttled | /ˈskʌtld/ /ˈskʌtld/ |
| past participle scuttled | /ˈskʌtld/ /ˈskʌtld/ |
| -ing form scuttling | /ˈskʌtlɪŋ/ /ˈskʌtlɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to run with quick short steps
碎步疾跑 - She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.
听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。 - He held his breath as a rat scuttled past.
见一只老鼠跑过，他屏住了呼吸。 - The rain sent everyone scuttling for cover.
这场雨让每个人都跑去找掩护。
- She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.
- [transitive] scuttle something to deliberately cause something to fail
（故意）破坏，阻止，阻挠 - Shareholders successfully scuttled the deal.
股东成功地阻止了这桩交易。
- Shareholders successfully scuttled the deal.
- [transitive] scuttle something to sink a ship deliberately by making holes in the side or bottom of it
凿沉（船）
词源verb sense 1 late 15th cent.: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud. verb senses 2 to 3 late 15th cent. (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla ‘hatchway’. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.