verb
scudded, scudding
1
- no obj., with adverbial of direction move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind飞奔, 疾行, 急驰：
we lie watching the clouds scudding across the sky
我们躺着观看云在天空飘飞
three small ships were scudding before a brisk breeze.
三条小船乘微风快速前进。
2
- with obj. chiefly Scottish slap, beat, or spank〈主苏格兰〉拍打; 拍击：
she scudded me across the head.
她朝我劈头盖脸打下来。
1
- chiefly poetic/literary a formation of vapoury clouds driven fast by the wind〈主诗/文〉飘飞的云雾。
1.1
- a mass of wind-blown spray碎雨云, 飞云。
1.2
- a driving shower of rain or snow; a gust阵雨; 阵雪; 阵风。
1.3
- mass noun the action of moving fast in a straight line when driven by the wind（被风吹得）飘飞：
the scud of the clouds before the wind.
云乘风飘飞。
词源
mid 16th cent. (as a verb)：perhaps an alteration of the noun SCUT1， thus reflecting the sense 'race like a hare'.