scurry
🇬🇧 UK/'skʌri/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
v.
To move hurriedly with quick, light steps; to scamper.
急跑,匆忙奔跑
n.
A hurried, quick-stepping rush.
急跑,匆忙
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishscurryother
=scurry
Common Collocations
- 1.scurry away仓皇逃跑
- 2.scurry for cover急忙找掩护
- 3.scurry about四处奔忙
- 4.scurry past匆匆跑过
Example Sentences
- 1.
Mice scurried across the kitchen floor when the lights came on.
- 2.
Office workers scurried to their desks as the manager walked in.
- 3.
Dark clouds gathered and people began to scurry for shelter.