英语词汇“scuttle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

scuttlescuttle1 /ˈskʌt̮l/ verb

ETYMOLOGYscuttle¹

Origin: (1) 1400-1500 Probably from scud + shuttle (2,3) 1600-1700 scuttle opening in the side of a ship (15-21 centuries), probably from Old Spanish escotilla

VERB TABLE

scuttle

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	scuttle
	he, she, it	scuttles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	scuttled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have scuttled
	he, she, it	has scuttled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had scuttled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will scuttle
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have scuttled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am scuttling
	he, she, it	is scuttling
	you, we, they	are scuttling
Past	I, he, she, it	was scuttling
	you, we, they	were scuttling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been scuttling
	he, she, it	has been scuttling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been scuttling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be scuttling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been scuttling

1[transitive] to ruin or end someone’s plans or chance of being successful: The senator did his best to scuttle the tax increase.2[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are afraid and do not want to be noticed SYN scurry: scuttle along/past/down Crabs scuttled out of their holes.3[transitive] to sink a ship by making holes in the bottom, especially in order to prevent it from being used by an enemy SYN sink