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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There was a garret above, pierced with a scuttle over his head;
  原来他头顶上是个阁楼，阁楼的天窗正对着老师的头顶。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
  几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。