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单词 skitter
释义
skitterskit‧ter /ˈskɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINskitter
Origin:
1800-1900 Probably from skite ‘to slide, skip’ (18-20 centuries), probably from a Scandinavian language
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
skitter
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyskitter
he, she, itskitters
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyskittered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave skittered
he, she, ithas skittered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad skittered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill skitter
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have skittered
Continuous Form
PresentIam skittering
he, she, itis skittering
you, we, theyare skittering
PastI, he, she, itwas skittering
you, we, theywere skittering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been skittering
he, she, ithas been skittering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been skittering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be skittering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been skittering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • 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.
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