scuttling是什么意思？

scuttling

英['skʌtlɪŋ] 美['skʌtlɪŋ]

• n. 船底穿孔，打开通海阀（沉船用）；
• v. 使船沉没( scuttle的现在分词 )，快跑，急走；

例句

• Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. 匆匆刮过寂静的海底.
• First of all, scuttling Yu Lung ( this yuncheng Hejin ), flood discharge. 大禹首先凿开龙门 ( 今运城河津市 ), 分洪下泄.
• I could hear an animal scuttling about in the undergrowth. 我可以听到一只动物在矮树丛中跑来跑去.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  碎步疾跑;急赶;疾走
  When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps.
  例句
  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。 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
  To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
  例句
  Such threats could scuttle the peace conference. 这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
• VERB
  凿沉(船)
  To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  同 coal scuttle
  A scuttle is the same as a coal scuttle .