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scud

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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scud /skʌd/ verb (scudded, scudding) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary  DNMOVE/CHANGE POSITIONif clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly 〔云〕飘过,掠过
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Examples from the Corpus
scudCloud shadows scudded across immeasurable stands of virgin forests.Bayard sometimes appears as a cloud, scudding across the sky on Midsummer's Day.Indeed time itself seems alternately to scud and to suspend during those ten seconds.The President looked out the window at the scudding clouds, put on the overcoat, then took it off.The day was bright and windy, a string of filmy white clouds scudding eastward.Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames.We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent, its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths.
nScud  na type of missile (=a large weapon that can fly long distances, and that explodes when it hits its target) that was developed in the former Soviet Union. It can be fired from land or from a ship, and can carry either a regular warhead (=the explosive part at the front) or a nuclear warhead. Scud missiles were used by Iraq during the Gulf War.Origin scud (1500-1600) Probably from a Scandinavian language
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scud
scud /skʌd/ verb (past tense and past participle scudded, present participle scudding) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] literary
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language
if clouds scud across the sky, they move quickly


Scud
Scud
a type of missile (=a large weapon that can fly long distances, and that explodes when it hits its target) that was developed in the former Soviet Union. It can be fired from land or from a ship, and can carry either a regular warhead (=the explosive part at the front) or a nuclear warhead. Scud missiles were used by Iraq during the Gulf War.


scudBrE /skʌd/ 🔊NAmE /skʌd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they scud BrE /skʌd/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it scuds BrE /skʌdz/ 🔊 NAmE /skʌdz/ 🔊past simple scudded BrE /ˈskʌdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskʌdɪd/ 🔊past participle scudded BrE /ˈskʌdɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskʌdɪd/ 🔊 -ing form scudding BrE /ˈskʌdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈskʌdɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) (of clouds ) to move quickly across the sky 飞掠;疾飞