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词汇 scuttled
释义 scuttled
past simple and past participle ofscuttle
scuttle
verb
uk /ˈskʌt.əl/ us /ˈskʌt̬.əl/

scuttleverb (RUN)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape: (尤指为逃脱)碎步快跑,快速移动
A crab scuttled away under a rock as we passed.我们走过时,一只螃蟹赶紧钻进岩石下面。
The children scuttled off as soon as the headteacher appeared.校长一出现,孩子们一下子都跑光了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving quickly
agility
beetle
belt
bob up
bowl
bowl down/along something
cannonball
gallop
leg
make a dash for something
make good timeidiom
make hasteidiom
make off
outrun
outrush
rush
scorch
scuttle
shoot
whizz

scuttleverb (SINK)


[ T ]
to intentionally sink a ship, especially your own, in order to prevent it from being taken by an enemy(为防止船落入敌手)凿沉,弄沉(尤指自己的船)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
bail out
buoy
buoyancy
buoyant
buoyantly
capsize
float
floatation
flotation
founder
ground
kickboard
outrigger
refloat
ride
run aground/ashoreidiom
scupper
scuttle
sunken
waterlogged

scuttleverb (STOP)


[ T ]
to stop something happening, or to cause a plan to fail阻止;破坏;阻挠
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Preventing and impeding
anti-drug
anti-jamming
avoid
avoidable
avoidably
bottleneck
derail
fireproof
guard against something
hamper
hang
have someone/something hanging round your neckidiom
head off
preclusive
prejudice
prevent
preventable
preventative
scuttle
smother

Examples of scuttled


scuttled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Ultimately the model is scuttled.
It has been moved from where it first sank, and subsequently scuttled nearby.
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Of those which leave harbour a great proportion are either captured or scuttled to avoid capture.
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Enemy tonnage is largely lost, tied up at home or in neutral ports, sunk or scuttled—mostly scuttled, one might say.
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By that time we had reopened three of our scuttled wave lengths, and we were operating on five wave lengths.
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That was deeply unpopular with pensioners and within weeks he scuttled back to the drawing board, ending up with a complete hash of a policy.
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He did not like what he heard, because he was ashamed of it, and he scuttled out fairly quickly afterwards.
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The majority of munitions were sealed within redundant cargo vessels which were then scuttled.
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She did not make eye contact with any customer whom she knew, and scuttled out.
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Thirty transports and store ships have been sunk, scuttled, or set on fire, with a loss of several thousands of lives.
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I can see no other reason why they scuttled and ran.
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He scuttled from one set of topics to another as quickly as possible.
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We resisted that move and, thankfully, it was scuttled when we took office in 1979.
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Final figures for the tonnage of shipping scuttled before surrender are not available.
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In the intervening period we have re floated one scuttled medium wave, now using six.
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