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scuttle

verb
/ˈskʌtl/
/ˈskʌtl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scuttle
/ˈskʌtl/
/ˈskʌtl/
he / she / it scuttles
/ˈskʌtlz/
/ˈskʌtlz/
past simple scuttled
/ˈskʌtld/
/ˈskʌtld/
past participle scuttled
/ˈskʌtld/
/ˈskʌtld/
-ing form scuttling
/ˈskʌtlɪŋ/
/ˈskʌtlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to run with quick short steps碎步疾跑 synonym scurry
    • She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
    • He held his breath as a rat scuttled past.见一只老鼠跑过，他屏住了呼吸。
    • The rain sent everyone scuttling for cover.这场雨让每个人都跑去找掩护。
  2. [transitive] scuttle something to deliberately cause something to fail（故意）破坏，阻止，阻挠 synonym foil
    • Shareholders successfully scuttled the deal.股东成功地阻止了这桩交易。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  3. [transitive] scuttle something to sink a ship deliberately by making holes in the side or bottom of it凿沉（船）Topics Transport by waterc2
    4. 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.

scuttle

noun
/ˈskʌtl/
/ˈskʌtl/
(also coal scuttle)
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  1. a container with a handle, used for carrying coal and usually kept next to the fireplace舷窗：一种带有手柄的容器，用于运送煤炭，通常放在壁炉旁
    Word Originnoun late Old English scutel ‘dish, platter’, from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella ‘dish’.

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