单词 | scud |
释义 | scud1/skʌd![]() verb (scuds, scudding, scudded) 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind: we lie watching the clouds scudding across the sky three small ships were scudding before a brisk breeze...
Synonyms speed, race, sail, streak, shoot, sweep, skim, whip, whizz, whoosh, buzz, zoom, flash, blast, career; hare, fly, wing, kite, skite, scurry, flit, scutter, hurry, hasten, rush informal belt, scoot, scorch, tear, zap, zip British informal bomb, bucket, shift North American informal boogie, hightail, clip North American vulgar slang drag/tear/haul ass informal, dated cut along 2 [with object] chiefly Scottish Slap, beat, or spank: she scudded me across the head noun 1chiefly literary A mass of vapoury clouds or spray driven fast by the wind: the water is glassy under a scud of mist [mass noun]: the picturesque shoreline disappeared into low-cloud scud and rain 1.1A driving shower of rain or snow; a gust: scuds of rain gave way to sun...
1.2 [mass noun] The action of moving fast in a straight line when driven by the wind: the scud of the clouds before the wind 2 (Scud or Scud missile) A type of long-range surface-to-surface guided missile able to be fired from a mobile launcher.Because the Scud missile tended to breakup during the final phase of its trajectory (re-entry into the atmosphere), multiple targets would appear on the radar screen....
A code name assigned by NATO to a series of such missiles developed by the former Soviet Union OriginMid 16th century (as a verb): perhaps an alteration of the noun scut1, thus reflecting the sense 'race like a hare'.
Rhymesscud2/skʌd![]() noun (in phrase in the scud or scuddy) Scottish (Of a person) naked.Mary and her husband Dave first sampled the joys of disporting themselves in the scud on the beaches of Ibiza and decided to attempt to replicate the liberating experience in Scotland. Derivativesscuddy
OriginEarly 19th century: of uncertain origin. |
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