| 单词 | scuttle |
| 释义 | scuttle (skʌtəl ) Word forms: scuttles , scuttling , scuttled 1. verb When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps. Two very small children scuttled away in front of them. [VERB adverb/preposition] Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank. [VERB adverb/preposition] Synonyms: run, scurry, scamper, rush 2. verb To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop. Such threats could scuttle the peace conference. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wreck, destroy, ruin, overwhelm 3. verb To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom. He personally had received orders from the commander to scuttle the ship. [VERB noun] 4. countable noun A scuttle is the same as a coal scuttle. [mainly British] Collocations: scuttle away They were booed off by their own fans and scuttled away from the Bridge as fast as they could. The Sun (2010) The dad of two quickly slammed a takeaway box over the venomous creature to stop it scuttling away. The Sun (2013) Ghost crabs scuttled away from the incoming surf, while a brahminy kite swooped for a fish in the bay. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Translations: Chinese: 碎步疾跑 Japanese: 急いで行く |
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