scutter

🇬🇧 UK/'skʌtә/🇺🇸 US
GRE

Definitions

v.

To run hurriedly with a light pattering sound; to skitter.

急跑,疾走

n.

A hasty run.

急跑,疾走

🧩 Root Breakdown

Onomatopoeia
scutterother
=scutter

Common Collocations

  • 1.scutter across急跑穿过
  • 2.scutter away仓皇逃窜
  • 3.[scutter along]匆匆跑过
  • 4.scutter off急忙跑开

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The mouse scuttered across the kitchen floor and disappeared behind the cabinet.

  • 2.

    Children scuttered down the hallway, their feet pattering on the wooden boards.

  • 3.

    A crab scuttered sideways into the shallow water as we approached the shore.

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