scuttles

英 [ˈskʌtlz]

美 [ˈskʌtlz]

v.  碎步疾跑; (故意)破坏，阻止，阻挠; 凿沉(船)
n.  淤塞，充塞; 为淤泥堵塞
scuttle的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 碎步疾跑;急赶;疾走
  When people or small animalsscuttlesomewhere, they run there with short quick steps.
  1. Two very small children scuttled away in front of them...
     两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。
  2. Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
     几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
• VERB 破坏;使成泡影;使中止
  Toscuttlea plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
  1. Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
     这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• VERB 凿沉(船)
  Toscuttlea ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
  1. He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
     他个人已收到莱曼司令要求凿沉轮船的命令。
• 同 coal scuttle
  Ascuttleis the same as acoal scuttle.

双语例句

• It sits on her palm for a second, then jumps off and scuttles into the grass.
  它在她的掌上定了片刻，随后一跳，迅速地爬进草丛里。
• The square, squat robot scuttles across the stage on command, pausing next to a massive model depicting a locomotive engine.
  一个四四方方、矮墩墩的机器人按照指令在台上碎步疾行，然后在一个巨大的机车发动机模型旁边停了下来。
• Evening Ruth might buy one of those motorised alarm clocks that falls off the dresser and scuttles under the bed, beeping loudly.
  晚上的露丝可以买上一个运动闹钟&这种闹钟时间一到就会从梳妆台上滚落，滚到床下，并大声响个不停。
• Positioning for ship's side scuttles It was cloudy; and the captain had to calculate our position by dead reckoning.
  空中阴云密布，船长不得不用罗盘测航法以确定我们的位置。
• Steel coal scuttles construction of 4# machine in Ningde generating station
  宁德电厂4号机钢煤斗施工