scuttled
past simple and past participle ofscuttle
| 单词 | scuttled |
| 释义 | scuttled past simple and past participle ofscuttle scuttle verb uk/ˈskʌt.əl/us/ˈskʌt̬.əl/scuttleverb(RUN)[Iusually+ adv/prep] tomovequickly, withsmall,shortsteps,especiallyinordertoescape: Acrabscuttledawayunder arockas wepassed. Thechildrenscuttledoffassoonas theheadteacherappeared. Moving quickly
scuttleverb(SINK)[T] tointentionallysinkaship,especiallyyourown, inordertopreventit from being taken by anenemy Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
scuttleverb(STOP)[T] tostopsomethinghappening, or tocauseaplantofail Preventing and impeding
Examplesofscuttledscuttled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Ultimately the model isscuttled. From theCambridge English Corpus It has been moved from where it first sank, and subsequentlyscuttlednearby. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of those which leave harbour a great proportion are either captured orscuttledto avoid capture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Enemy tonnage is largely lost, tied up at home or in neutral ports, sunk orscuttled—mostlyscuttled, one might say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By that time we had reopened three of ourscuttledwave lengths, and we were operating on five wave lengths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That was deeply unpopular with pensioners and within weeks hescuttledback to the drawing board, ending up with a complete hash of a policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not like what he heard, because he was ashamed of it, and hescuttledout fairly quickly afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The majority of munitions were sealed within redundant cargo vessels which were thenscuttled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She did not make eye contact with any customer whom she knew, andscuttledout. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirty transports and store ships have been sunk,scuttled, or set on fire, with a loss of several thousands of lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see no other reason why theyscuttledand ran. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hescuttledfrom one set of topics to another as quickly as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We resisted that move and, thankfully, it wasscuttledwhen we took office in 1979. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Final figures for the tonnage of shippingscuttledbefore surrender are not available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the intervening period we have re floated onescuttledmedium wave, now using six. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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