scuttle

scuttle1
noun
  1. a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire
    煤斗，煤桶
    ■the amount of coal held in such a container
    一煤桶的煤
    carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar.
    从地窖里运上来无数桶煤。
  2. (Brit.)the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet
    (英)（汽车车身的）车颈（挡风玻璃与引擎罩之间的部分）
语源
  1. late Old English scutel 'dish, platter', from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella 'dish'
scuttle2
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of direction]run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
    急赶，疾走
    a mouse scuttled across the floor.
    一只老鼠在地板上急溜溜地跑了过去。
noun
  1. [in sing.]an act or sound of scuttling
    急促的跑步（声）
    I heard the scuttle of rats across the room.
    我听见老鼠在房间里跑动（的声音）。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud
scuttle3
verb
  1. [with obj.]sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in
    凿船自沉
    ■deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail
    故意破坏（计划）
    some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal.
    一些股东威胁说要破坏这次交易。
noun
  1. an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side
    舷窗，小舱口
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (as a noun): perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla 'hatchway'. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent
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