scut·tle /ˈskʌtḷ/
煤桶,急速逃走,天窗,小艙口(vi.)急速逃走,急忙撤退(vt.)鑿沈,毀壞,毀壞
Scut·tle n.
1. A broad, shallow basket.
2. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod.
Scut·tle, v. i. To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle.
With the first dawn of day, old Janet was scuttling about the house to wake the baron. --Sir W. Scott.
Scut·tle, n. A quick pace; a short run.
Scut·tle n.
1. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically: (a) Naut. 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. (b) An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid.
2. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like.
Scuttle butt, or Scuttle cask Naut., a butt or cask with a large hole in it, used to contain the fresh water for daily use in a ship.
Scut·tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scuttled p. pr. & vb. n. Scuttling.]
1. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.
2. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship.
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scuttle
n 1: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto
the fire [syn: coal scuttle]
2: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway
between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening]
v : to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter]