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单词 scurries
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scurries in British English

plural noun
1.  scurry
3rd person singular present tense of verb
2.  scurry
 

scurry in British English

(ˈskʌrɪ)
verbWord forms: -ries, -rying or -ried
1. 
to move about or proceed hurriedly
2. (intransitive)
to whirl about
nounWord forms: plural -ries
3. 
the act or sound of scurrying
4. 
a brisk light whirling movement, as of snow
5.  horse racing
a short race or sprint
Word origin
C19: probably shortened from hurry-scurry

Examples of 'scurries' in a sentence
scurries

The mind scurries hither and thither trying to make sense of fragments.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Afterwards the devoted husband scurries home for a quiet evening with his wife.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In a volume of great scope, he also takes us to sea and scurries around the early home fronts.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
It scurries, bleating, down a hill.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The brain often scurries away from the present as a rabbit scurries into a rabbit hole.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Clever rhythmic alterations in subsequent lines simulate lively scurries of movement in the breeze-blown branches.
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Meanwhile, the night sky swirls with stars and the wide, sandy beach scurries with ghost crabs.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He apologises, then scurries away.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He moons through vast owlish specs as he plumps cushions and scurries off for an ashtray.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then it scurries up to the trapped insect, wraps it in a sticky silk cocoon, and stings it to death.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
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