| 单词 | scuttering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈscuttering ˈscuttering n. (also attributive). ΚΠ 1848 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. 232 We heard cannon firing and a mighty scuttering among the guards. 1888 G. M. Fenn Dick o' the Fens xxvi. 364 Noises in the fen..mingled with the quacking of the ducks and the scuttering of the drakes. 1888 G. M. Fenn Dick o' the Fens xxvi. 367 The scuttering noise made by a duck dabbling its bill in the ooze. ˈscuttering ˈscuttering adj. ΚΠ 1888 G. M. Fenn Dick o' the Fens xxvi. 367 The scuttering noise made by a duck dabbling its bill in the ooze. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 96 Spoade was in the middle of them like a terrapin in a street full of scuttering dead leaves. 1983 Listener 20 Jan. 36/2 The more dramatic start of the First—still subdued, but with scuttering strings underneath—is tense and dramatic. < as lemmas |
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