scuttles
n. 天窗( scuttle的名词复数 )
v. 使船沉没( scuttle的第三人称单数 ); 快跑,急走
When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps.
Two very small children scuttled away in front of them...
两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。
Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
他个人已收到莱曼司令要求凿沉轮船的命令。
A scuttle is the same as a coal scuttle .