scuttle

英 [ˈskʌtl]

美 [ˈskʌtl]

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

过去式：scuttled　现在分词：scuttling　过去分词：scuttled　第三人称单数：scuttles　复数：scuttles　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.12225 / COCA.12712

牛津词典

verb

碎步疾跑
to run with quick short steps
1. She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.
  听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
2. He held his breath as a rat scuttled past.
  见一只老鼠跑过，他屏住了呼吸。
（故意）破坏，阻止，阻挠
to deliberately cause sth to fail
1. Shareholders successfully scuttled the deal.
  股东成功地阻止了这桩交易。
凿沉（船）
to sink a ship deliberately by making holes in the side or bottom of it

noun

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.

英英释义

noun

an entrance equipped with a hatch
Synonym:hatchwayopening
container for coal
Synonym:coal scuttle

verb

to move about or proceed hurriedly
1. so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Synonym:scurryscamperskitter

双语例句

The old school scold sold the school coal scuttle; if the old school scold sold the school coal scuttle, the school should scold and scuttle the old school scold.
学校守旧派卖掉了学校的煤斗；如果学校守旧派卖掉了学校的煤斗，学校将责骂并解散学校守旧派。
There is no guarantee that political concerns, fears surrounding Chinese food safety or other factors won't scuttle the deal before it is consummated.
在交易达成前，谁也不能保证政治上的担忧、对中国食品安全的顾虑或其它因素不会令交易中途受挫。
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。
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。
Combined with a completed project, aspecial-shaped steel scuttle which has two eccentric and wedge-shaped hoppers.
本文结合一个异型钢煤斗工程，其形式为上部矩形进口下部收口楔形的偏口双漏斗。
Have orders to scuttle at the approach of an enemy.
下达了命令对于敌人临近时要沉船。
Torsional rigidity is vital to minimise the scuttle shake associated with most convertible cars and to help maintain the car's dynamic composure.
对于大多数敞篷车，扭转刚性对减小风挡振动和保持动态稳定性特别重要。
And past it scuttle a pair of uniformed women, diligently sweeping already spotless slabs of concrete.
越过石头，两个身穿制服的女人在来回奔忙，勤勉地清扫着已然一尘不染的水泥地面。
Application of Mechanical Layering Branches and Coal Scuttle in Small and Medium-sized Industrial Boilers
机械式分层分行煤斗在中小工业锅炉的应用
A bumbling mechanic; a bungling performance; ham-handed governmental interference; could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature-mary h.vorse.
笨手笨脚的技工；笨手笨脚的表演；政府笨拙的干涉；那些穷人笨手笨脚的，几乎不能将煤斗中的灰弄干净玛丽h弗斯。