scuttle
scuttle 英 [ˈskʌtl] 美 [ˈskʌtl]
n. 天窗；煤桶；筐 vi. 逃避；急促地跑 vt. 使船沉没；破坏
进行时:scuttling 过去式:scuttled 过去分词:scuttled 第三人称单数:scuttles 名词复数:scuttles
- When you scuttle, you move with quick anxious steps, like a bug running for cover when a light is turned on.
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- n. 天窗；煤桶；筐
- vi. 逃避；急促地跑
- vt. 使船沉没；破坏
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1. As I picked up the second scuttle by the handles and tried to shovel the coke up off the floor, the mountain began to move.
就在我握着把柄拾起第二个煤斗并尽力将焦炭从地上铲起来时，这座煤山开始移动起来。
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2. An adversarial or uncooperative attitude can easily scuttle any positive results and plunge the discussion into pointless hostility.
对抗或不合作的态度可以很容易地破坏任何积极的结果，并投入到毫无意义的带有敌意的讨论。
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3. One of the most cheering pieces of news recently is that Britain and Germany are working together on a European plan to put the squeeze on Monaco, whither so many plutocratic tax-dodgers scuttle.
另一个鼓舞人心的消息是最近英国和德国正在联合发起的一项由欧洲对摩纳哥施压的计划。 这引发了那里许多有权有势的避税人逃之夭夭。
- scuttle (n.) "bucket," late Old English scutel "dish, platter," from Latin scutella "serving platter" (source also of French écuelle, Spanish escudilla, Italian scudella "a plate, bowl"), diminutive of scutra "flat tray, dish," perhaps related to scutum "shield" (see escutcheon).
- scuttle (v.1) "scamper, scurry," mid-15c., probably related to scud (v.). Related: Scuttled; scuttling.
- scuttle (v.2) "cut a hole in a ship to sink it," 1640s, from skottell (n.) "opening in a ship's deck" (late 15c.), from Middle French escoutille (Modern French écoutille) or directly from Spanish escotilla "hatchway," diminutive of escota "opening in a garment," from escotar "cut out," perhaps from e- "out" (see ex-) + Germanic *skaut-. Figurative use is recorded from 1888. Related: Scuttled; scuttling.
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