柯林斯英汉双解大词典
scuttle /ˈskʌtəl/ TEM8 ( scuttling, scuttled, scuttles )
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V-I When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps. 碎步疾跑
例：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。
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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)
例：Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
这样的威胁可能会破坏和平会议。
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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]
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N a hurried pace or run 疾走; 快跑
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N a small hatch or its cover 小舱口; 小舱口盖 [nautical]
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N a shallow basket, esp for carrying vegetables (尤指用来拎蔬菜的)浅篮子 [英国英语] [DIALECT]
双语例句权威例句
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In Steinbeck's novel, "the migrant people, scuttling for work, scrabbling to live, looked always for pleasure, dug for pleasure, manufactured pleasure," often of a boisterous sort.
斯坦贝克在小说中写到，“流民们一面东奔西跑寻找工作，一面如饥似渴地寻求快乐，发掘快乐，制造快乐”。他们寻找的这种快乐常常很热闹。
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Rather like Emily Bronte, with whom she identified, Dickinson shrank from contact with the world, scuttling off in her signature white dress as soon as a visitor appeared at the door.
迪金森和艾米丽·勃朗特很相似，她也自认为她们俩是同道中人。迪金森很避世，一有人来访，她那标志性的穿着白色长裙的身影就会急急地逃开。
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Builders responded to these surging costs by scuttling or postponing projects.
面对成本的急剧上涨，建筑商选择了削减或推迟建设项目。
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