scuttled

英 [ˈskʌtld]

美 [ˈskʌtld]

v.  碎步疾跑; (故意)破坏，阻止，阻挠; 凿沉(船)
scuttle的过去分词和过去式

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

• If people like Ms Snowe are bolting, perhaps this Republican ship deserves to be scuttled.
  如果像斯诺这样的人决定抽身，那么共和党的巨轮就活该沉没。
• A mouse scuttled behind the curtain.
  一只老鼠从窗帘后面跑走了。
• Ted scuttled after his brother.
  特德急急忙忙地追赶他哥哥。
• The children scuttled off as soon as the headmaster appeared.
  当校长一出现，孩子们匆匆逃散。
• He held his breath as a rat scuttled past.
  见一只老鼠跑过，他屏住了呼吸。
• In the past, strong Pakistani objections would have scuttled any such proposal.
  过去，巴基斯坦的强烈反对可能搅黄任何此类提议。
• The beetle scuttled away when I lifted the stone.
  石头搬起来时，那只甲虫跑了。
• She scuttled off when she heard the sound of his voice.
  听到他的说话声，她赶紧跑开了。
• The German ships mostly took refuge in neutral ports or, when intercepted, scuttled themselves.
  德国的船只大部分躲避在中立国的港口内，或者在中途被阻截时，自行凿沉。
• The captain gave orders that the ship should be scuttled.
  船长命令把船凿沉。