Scuttle

['skʌt(ə)l] or ['skʌtl]

解释:

(noun.) container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire.

编辑:兰德尔--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A broad, shallow basket.

(n.) A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.

(v. i.) To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.

(n.) A quick pace; a short run.

(n.) A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid.

(n.) A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship.

(n.) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.

(n.) The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.

(v. t.) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

(v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.

吉恩编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Hurry, bustle, scuddle, run about (affecting to be busy).

录入:莉娜

解释:

n. a shallow basket: a vessel for holding coal.

n. the openings or hatchways of a ship: a hole through the hatches or in the side or bottom of a ship.—v.t. to cut holes through any part of a ship: to sink a ship by cutting holes in it.—ns. Scutt′le-butt -cask a cask with a hole cut in it for the cup or dipper for holding drinking-water in a ship; Scutt′le-fish a cuttle-fish.

v.i. to scud or run with haste: to hurry.—n. a quick run: a mincing gait.—Also Scudd′le Skutt′le.

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