noun🔗Share煤斗，煤箱。 A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal)."The janitor filled two scuttles with cleaning supplies before starting his shift. "清洁工在开始工作前，用两个煤斗装满了清洁用品。itemutensilmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share浅筐，宽浅篮子。 A broad, shallow basket."The farmer carried his freshly picked apples in two large scuttles. "农夫用两个大浅筐装着刚摘的新鲜苹果。utensilitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share浅盘，食盘 A dish, platter or a trencher."The kitchen helper stacked the clean scuttles neatly after washing them. "厨房帮工洗完后，把干净的浅盘整齐地叠放起来。utensilfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share舱口，舷窗，排水孔。 A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck."The sailor quickly opened the deck's scuttles to drain the rainwater after the storm. "暴风雨过后，水手迅速打开甲板上的排水孔，以便排出积水。nauticalsailingvehiclestructuretechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share天窗，舱口。 A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building."The maintenance worker opened the scuttles to inspect the roof after the storm. "暴风雨过后，维修工打开了天窗，检查屋顶。architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share凿沉, 开孔使沉没 To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose."The captain scuttles the abandoned ship to prevent it from becoming a hazard to navigation. "船长凿沉了那艘废弃的船只，以防它对航运造成威胁。nauticalsailingmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share自沉，凿沉。 To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner."Fearing capture by the enemy, the captain scuttles his ship off the coast. "由于害怕被敌人俘获，船长在海岸边下令凿沉了他的船。nauticalmilitaryactionwarsailingvehicleoceanhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share自毁，破坏，搞砸 (by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper."The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst."那位候选人因为他失控的爆发而自毁前程。actionbusinesspositionnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share小跑，急促的步伐 A quick pace; a short run."After a quick "heads up" from his mom, John made a scuttles to the door when he heard the ice cream truck approaching the street. "听到冰淇淋车靠近街道的声音后，约翰在妈妈快速提醒了一声后，便小跑着冲向门口。actionwayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share急 दौड़， দ্রুত গতিTo move hastily, to scurry."Seeing the approaching dog, the mouse scuttles under the couch. "看到狗靠近，老鼠急忙跑到沙发底下。actionanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
