V-I When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps. 碎步疾跑
Two very small children scuttled away in front of them.
两个很小的孩子在他们面前迈着又碎又快的步子跑开了。
V-T To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop. 破坏 (计划、提议)
Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
这样的威胁可能会破坏和平会议。
V-T to cause (a vessel) to sink by opening the seacocks or making holes in the bottom (打开通海阀)使(船)沉没; (在船底凿孔)使(船)沉没 [nautical]
N a hurried pace or run 疾走; 快跑
N a small hatch or its cover 小舱口; 小舱口盖 [nautical]
N a shallow basket, esp for carrying vegetables (尤指用来拎蔬菜的)浅篮子 [英国英语] [DIALECT]
There are two more scuttles down in the cellar.
地下室里还有两个煤斗。
One solution might be to save a lot to reduce debt and rebuild net worth, but the "paradox of thrift" scuttles this.
一个方法或许是大量储蓄，以减少债务并重建资本净值，不过“节约悖论”并不支持它。
It really had not occurred to her to think of them in that light. Scullery maids were machines who carried coal scuttles and made fires.
这样的想法是她所从没有过的，那种只不过搬煤箱与生火炉的机器才称做是厨房丫头的。
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