英语词汇“scuttle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

scuttle

释义

a container used for carrying or storing coal indoors

= coal scuttle

Brit the top part of the body of a car behind the bonnet, to which the windscreen and instrument panel are attached

[Old English scutel dish, platter, via Old Norse from Latin scutella drinking bowl, dimin. of scutra platter]

to scurry or scamper

[prob blend of scud¹ and shuttle²]

a quick shuffling pace

a short dash, esp a quick departure

to sink (one's own ship) deliberately, e.g. by making holes in the hull

to destroy or wreck (something)

Protesters tried to scuttle attempts to reach agreement

a small opening or hatchway with a movable lid on the deck of a ship, or the movable lid itself

[prob via early French escoutille from Spanish escotilla hatchway, of Germanic origin]

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