chiefly Brit. <主英>
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- (especially of a small animal) move hurriedly with short steps(尤指小动物)小步快跑:
a little dog scuttered up from the cabin.
一只小狗从小屋里飞快地跑了出来。
词源
late 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of the verb SCUTTLE2.