scud
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/skʌd/us/skʌd/-dd-(especiallyofcloudsandships) tomovequicklyand withoutstoppingin astraightline:
(尤指云彩和船只)飞奔,疾行,掠过It was awindyday, andsmallwhitecloudswere scuddingacrossthebluesky.那天有风,朵朵白云在蓝天上随风掠过。
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scurry
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
scud
noun[C]
uk/skʌd/us/skʌd/scudnoun[C](RAIN/SNOW)
ashowerofrainorsnowblownby thewind:
It was anightofwindandshowersandmorningbrokewithlowscuds.
Scuds ofraingave way tosunas we got near to the end of thelake.
Precipitation: rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloud seeder
- cloud seeding
- cloudburst
- downpour
- drizzle
- heaven
- mizzle
- pelt
- piss
- puddle
- rain gauge
- rainbow
- rainstorm
- seed
- shower
- wash
- wash(something)out
- washout
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Precipitation: snow & ice
scudnoun[C](WEAPON)
(alsoScud)(alsoscud missile,Scud missile)
amissile(=flyingweapon)that can befiredover verylongdistancesfromlandorsea:
Onenightthere were two scudattacks.
There was nowarningof theincomingScud.
Earlier thismorning, four scudmissileswerefiredat thecity.
Atruckcarrieda Scudmissilemountedonitsbed.
Bombs & missiles
- anti-mine
- anti-missile
- anti-radar
- anti-satellite
- anti-ship
- enrich
- enrichment
- Exocet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- Molotov cocktail
- mortar
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- suicide belt
- suicide vest
- superbomb
- surface-to-air missile
- test ban treaty