skitter
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈskɪt.ər/us/ˈskɪt̬.ɚ/(especiallyof asmallanimal,bird, orinsect) tomoveveryquicklyandlightly:
(尤指小动物、鸟或昆虫)快速移动,轻捷地跑动When Iliftedthelog, there werelotsofbeetlesskitteringabout/aroundunder it.我抬起木头,下面有许多甲虫飞快地向四处爬去。
Synonyms
scamper
scurry
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- claw
- gambol
- groom
- housebroken
- migrate
- monogamous
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- torpor
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