scuttle

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Related topics: Water

scut·tle1 /ˈskʌtl/ verb  1  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]RUN to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are afraid and do not want to be noticed 〔尤因害怕且不想被注意到而〕小步急跑，疾走 A little lizard scuttled across the path. 一条小蜥蜴急急地从路上爬过。2  [transitive] American English to ruin or end someone’s plans or chance of being successful – used especially in news reports 破坏，阻挠〔尤用于新闻报道〕 SYN British English scupper The incident threatens to scuttle the peace process. 这一事件可能会破坏和平进程。3. [transitive]TTWDESTROY to sink a ship by making holes in the bottom, especially in order to prevent it being used by an enemy 〔尤指为不让敌人使用而〕凿沉〔船只〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

scuttle• They found a boat in San Remo, scuttled.• A loud bang sent all the crabs scuttling across the sand.• The pigeons wheel and scuttle around us.• Something scuttled away into some dark recess.• Corbett threw him a coin, raised his sword, and the beggar scuttled away.• The scuttled boat in San Remo had never been found.• I let out a terrified scream and scuttled down the stairs.• He spotted a cockroach as it scuttled out from under a bin bag.• Surely millions more have been spent on scuttled plans by companies around the world.• The offices were small, and apparatchiks scuttled round between rooms.• The senator did his best to scuttle the tax increase.

Related topics: Household

scuttle2 noun [countable]  DHa container for carrying coal 煤斗，煤筐

Examples from the Corpus

scuttle• An old coal scuttle to the side of the fireplace holds a can of paraffin, almost full.• She wished her to dust the furniture, burnish the coal scuttle, and clean the windows.• We can certainly prefer not carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar.Origin scuttle1 1. (1400-1500) Probably from scud + shuttle2. (1600-1700) scuttle “opening in the side of a ship” ((15-21 centuries)), probably from Old Spanish escotilla scuttle2 (1400-1500) Latin scutella “drinking bowl”, from scutra “large plate”

scut·tle1 verbscuttle2 nounChineseSyllable  

quickly short steps, move you with to because especially Corpus are

scuttle

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scut‧tle¹ /ˈskʌtl/ verb1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are afraid and do not want to be noticed:
    A little lizard scuttled across the path.
2. [transitive] American English to ruin or end someone’s plans or chance of being successful – used especially in news reports
   SYN  scupper British English:
    The incident threatens to scuttle the peace process.
3. [transitive] to sink a ship by making holes in the bottom, especially in order to prevent it being used by an enemy

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scuttle² noun [countable]a container for carrying coal