scud

scud1
(scudded, scudding)
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
    飞奔，疾行，急驰
    we lie watching the clouds scudding acrossthe sky.
    我们躺着观看云飞掠天空。
    three small ships were scudding before a brisk breeze.
    三条小船乘微风快速前进。
  2. [with obj.](chiefly Scottish)slap, beat, or spank
    (主苏格兰)拍打；拍击
    she scudded me across the head.
    她朝我劈头盖脸打下来。
noun
  1. (chiefly poetic/literary)a formation of vapoury clouds driven fast by the wind
    (主诗／文)飘飞的云雾
    ■a mass of wind-blown spray
    碎雨云，飞云
    ■a driving shower of rain or snow; a gust
    阵雨；阵雪；阵风
    ■[mass noun]the action of moving fast in a straight line when driven by the wind
    （风吹得）飘飞
    the scud of the clouds before the wind.
    云乘风飘飞。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps an alteration of the noun scut, thus reflecting the sense 'race like a hare'
scud2
noun
  1. (用于短语 in the scud 或 scuddy)(Scottish)(of a person) naked
    (苏格兰)（人）裸体的
派生
scuddy
adjective
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: of uncertain origin
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