scupper
scupper1
noun
scupper2
verb
noun
- (一般作 scuppers)a hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck
甲板排水孔
■an outlet in the side of a building for draining water
建筑物的排（泄）水口
- late Middle English: perhaps via Anglo-Norman French from Old French escopir 'to spit'; compare with German Speigatt, literally 'spit hole'
scupper2
verb
- [with obj.](chiefly Brit.)sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately
(主英)故意沉船（或使全体船员沉没）
■(informal)prevent from working or succeeding; thwart
(非正式)阻碍；阻挠；反对
plans for a bypass were scuppered by a public inquiry.
建造旁路的计划由于公众反对而受阻。
- late 19th cent. (as military slang in the sense 'kill, especially in an ambush'): of unknown origin. The sense 'sink' dates from the 1970s
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