skitter

英 [ˈskɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈskɪtər]

v.  轻捷地跑; 轻快地动

过去式：skittered　现在分词：skittering　复数：skitters　过去分词：skittered　第三人称单数：skitters　

BNC.27154 / COCA.16561

牛津词典

verb

• 轻捷地跑；轻快地动
  to run or move very quickly and lightly

柯林斯词典

• VERB 滑行;疾行;轻轻掠过
  If somethingskitters, it moves about very lightly and quickly.
  1. The rats skittered around them in the drains and under the floorboards...
     无论是下水道里，还是地板下面，都有许多耗子绕着它们蹿来蹿去。
  2. Pieces of paper were skittering along the sidewalk.
     人行道上飞舞着一张张纸片。

英英释义

verb

• twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
• cause to skip over a surface
  1. Skip a stone across the pond
  Synonym:skimskip
• glide easily along a surface
• to move about or proceed hurriedly
  1. so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
  Synonym:scurryscamperscuttle

双语例句

• Pieces of paper were skittering along the sidewalk.
  人行道上飞舞着一张张纸片。
• Simon's eyes popped open in time to see a sleek gray shape skitter past, leap over Pryrates'boots and streak to the hatchway, where it bounded down into darkness.
  Simon睁开眼，看到一个圆滑的灰色形体飞掠而过，跳过Pryrates的靴子，飞跑出了通道口，跳进黑暗中。
• The whole lunch becomes a game where I ask a question and his replies soar and skitter off in entirely opposite directions.
  整个午餐变成了问答游戏，每当我提出一个问题，他的答复总是忽高忽低地朝着完全相反的方向飘走。
• Watch a rabbit skitter off into the woods.
  看到一只兔子飞快地跑进树林里。