scuttle
verb- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to run with quick short steps synonym scurry碎步疾跑 - [transitive] scuttle something
to deliberately cause something to fail synonym foilTopics Difficulty and failurec2(故意)破坏,阻止,阻挠 - [transitive] scuttle something
to sink a ship deliberately by making holes in the side or bottom of it Topics Transport by waterc2凿沉(船)
Word Originverb sense 1 late 15th cent.: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud. verb senses 2 to 3 late 15th cent. (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla ‘hatchway’. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.