释义 |
skitterskit‧ter /ˈskɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] skitterOrigin: 1800-1900 Probably from skite ‘to slide, skip’ (18-20 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEskitter |
Present | I, you, we, they | skitter | | he, she, it | skitters | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | skittered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have skittered | | he, she, it | has skittered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had skittered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will skitter | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have skittered |
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Present | I | am skittering | | he, she, it | is skittering | | you, we, they | are skittering | Past | I, he, she, it | was skittering | | you, we, they | were skittering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been skittering | | he, she, it | has been skittering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been skittering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be skittering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been skittering |
- I shine my pocket torch on to hundreds of crabs skittering into the sea.
- It had plucked Mariana from the pillion seat, skittering her against the current like a flat stone skipped across a pond.
- It screwed across asphalt, skittering in various directions at 30 miles per hour.
- Lightly falling raindrops splashed into her open mouth and eyes, skittering across her taut, shiny face.
- Shaking the snow off their hair and coats, the girls skitter up the back stairs into the factory.
- They skitter along, in a hurry, struggling to keep up with the powerful front end.
to move very quickly and lightly, like a small animal SYN scurryskitter across/down/along etc Something skittered across the alley. |