scurry

英 [ˈskʌri]

美 [ˈskɜːri]

v.  碎步疾跑
n.  快步急跑，疾走; 仓皇奔跑声; 骤雨，骤雪; 短距离赛马

现在分词：scurrying　过去式：scurried　第三人称单数：scurries　过去分词：scurried　复数：scurries　

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Collins.1 / BNC.12344 / COCA.9351

牛津词典

verb

• 碎步疾跑
  to run with quick short steps
  1. She said goodbye and scurried back to work.
     她说声再见，然后扭头跑回去干活了。
  2. Ants scurried around the pile of rotting food.
     蚂蚁围着那堆腐烂的食物跑来跑去。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尤指受惊吓时)急奔，乱窜
  When people or small animalsscurrysomewhere, they move there quickly and hurriedly, especially because they are frightened.
  1. The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover...
     袭击发动后，居民们纷纷奔逃躲避。
  2. The rats scurry around, searching for scraps of food in the rubbish.
     老鼠乱窜，在垃圾中寻找残羹剩饭。
• VERB 急匆匆;赶忙
  If peoplescurry todo something, they do it as soon as they can.
  1. Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money.
     看到一张张忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片，许多人赶忙捐钱。

英英释义

noun

• rushing about hastily in an undignified way
  Synonym:scamperscramble

verb

• to move about or proceed hurriedly
  1. so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
  Synonym:scamperskitterscuttle

双语例句

• If he hadn't learned anything interesting in school that day, he'd scurry for the encyclopedia.
  如果那天他在学校没有学到什么有趣的东西，他就赶紧去翻百科全书。
• I heard the scurry of feet in the hall. Rosie came running into the dining room.
  我听到大厅里仓皇奔跑的脚步声。
• Even then, deactivation does not actually get rid of your account but leaves it 'hanging in a cloud', waiting for you to scurry back.
  就算如此，注销也不能让你完全摆脱你的账户，而是让它挂在云端，等着你把它要回去。
• The rats scurry around, searching for scraps of food in the rubbish.
  老鼠乱窜，在垃圾中寻找残羹剩饭。
• Bushy-tailed squirrels scurry to find acorns and nuts to hide.
  大尾巴的松鼠忙着搜寻和贮藏橡果和松子。
• My husband was enjoying the day off from work and watched me scurry about the house.
  丈夫正在过休息日，他看着我在屋子里来回奔忙。
• They just needed to be monitored so they didn't scurry off in the wrong direction.
  他们只需要稍加引导，以免跑错了方向。
• Make people scurry, or airplanes fly.
  让人们疾奔，让飞机飞起。
• I can see now that instead of being like Sniff and Scurry, we were like Hem.
  现在我终于明白了，这一切后果归咎于我的家人都不是嗅嗅和匆匆，我们就像哼哼。
• I heard the scurry of feet outside.
  我听到外面疾走的脚步声。