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- a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire煤斗, 煤桶。
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- the amount of coal held in such a container一煤桶的煤：
carrying endless scuttles of coal up from the cellar.
从地窖里运上来无数桶煤。
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- Brit. the part of a car's bodywork between the windscreen and the bonnet〈英〉（汽车车身的）车颈（挡风玻璃与引擎罩之间的部分）。
词源
late Old English scutel 'dish， platter'， from Old Norse skutill, from Latin scutella 'dish'.
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps急促奔跑; 急赶, 疾走：
a mouse scuttled across the floor.
一只老鼠在地板上一溜烟地跑了过去。
in sing.
- an act or sound of scuttling急促的奔跑（声）：
I heard the scuttle of rats across the room.
我听见老鼠在房间里跑动的声音。
词源
late 15th cent.: compare with dialect scuddle, frequentative of scud.
with obj.
1- sink (one's own ship) deliberately by holing it or opening its seacocks to let water in使（船）沉没; 凿沉（船）。
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- deliberately cause (a scheme) to fail故意破坏（计划）; 使成为泡影：
some of the stockholders are threatening to scuttle the deal.
一些股东扬言要挫败这次交易。
- an opening with a lid in a ship's deck or side舷窗, 小舱口。
词源
late 15th cent. (as a noun)：perhaps from Old French escoutille, from the Spanish diminutive escotilla 'hatchway'. The verb dates from the mid 17th cent.