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。 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) 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 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 scuttledscuttled 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of those which leave harbour a great proportion are either captured or scuttled to avoid capture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Enemy tonnage is largely lost, tied up at home or in neutral ports, sunk or scuttled—mostly scuttled, one might say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By that time we had reopened three of our scuttled wave lengths, and we were operating on five wave lengths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not like what he heard, because he was ashamed of it, and he scuttled out fairly quickly afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority of munitions were sealed within redundant cargo vessels which were then scuttled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She did not make eye contact with any customer whom she knew, and scuttled out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirty transports and store ships have been sunk, scuttled, or set on fire, with a loss of several thousands of lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see no other reason why they scuttled and ran. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He scuttled from one set of topics to another as quickly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We resisted that move and, thankfully, it was scuttled when we took office in 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Final figures for the tonnage of shipping scuttled before surrender are not available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the intervening period we have re floated one scuttled medium wave, now using six. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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