scuttle

Các nghĩa

1. đục lỗ

   To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

   transitive

   Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!

2. đánh đắm

   To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

   transitive

   The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final "fuck you" to the invading Germans.

   He decided that before scuttling the ship to prevent her falling into enemy hands he had to get the dead and wounded ashore.

3. cố ý phá hủy

   To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).

   broadly · transitive

4. tự phá hoại

   To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

   broadly · transitive

   The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst.

Dạng khác

• scuttles present, singular, third-person
• scuttling participle, present
• scuttled participle, past

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