scuttle1
KK: [ˈskʌtḷ]
DJ: [ˈskʌtl]
scuttle2
KK: [ˈskʌtḷ]
DJ: [ˈskʌtl]
vi.
- 性急跑;急趕[Q][(+away/off)]
The children
scuttled off when they saw the policeman.
孩子們看到警察就急忙跑開了。
- 逃避;逃脫
n.
- 小步快跑[U][the S]
- 倉促逃跑;逃避[U]
片語
scuttle off/away
- 逃奔,逃脫
The children
scuttled away when they saw the policeman.
孩子們一看到警察便倉促逃跑。
辨析
scuttle3
KK: [ˈskʌtḷ]
DJ: [ˈskʌtl]
n.[C]
- 天窗;氣窗
- 小艙口;舷窗
- 艙口蓋;天窗蓋
vt.
- (在船底等處鑿孔)使(船)沉沒,鑿沉
- 放棄;破壞;使成泡影
scuttle any chance of peace
毀掉和平的一切機會
scuttle1
n.
- a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire.
- Brit. the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet.
Etymology
OE scutel ‘dish, platter’, from ON skutill, from L. scutella ‘dish’.
scuttle2
v.
run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
n.
an act or sound of scuttling.
Etymology
C15: cf. dial. scuddle, frequentative of scud.
scuttle3
v.
- sink (one's own ship) deliberately.
- deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail.
n.
an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side.
Etymology
C15 (as n.): perh. from OFr. escoutille, from the Sp. dimin. escotilla ‘hatchway’.