scurrying

英 [ˈskʌriɪŋ]

美 [ˈskɜːriɪŋ]

v.  碎步疾跑
scurry的现在分词

复数：scurryings　

COCA.39238

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尤指受惊吓时)急奔，乱窜
  When people or small animalsscurrysomewhere, they move there quickly and hurriedly, especially because they are frightened.
  1. The attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover...
     袭击发动后，居民们纷纷奔逃躲避。
  2. The rats scurry around, searching for scraps of food in the rubbish.
     老鼠乱窜，在垃圾中寻找残羹剩饭。
• VERB 急匆匆;赶忙
  If peoplescurry todo something, they do it as soon as they can.
  1. Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money.
     看到一张张忍饥挨饿的孩子们的照片，许多人赶忙捐钱。

英英释义

adj

• moving with great haste
  1. affection for this hurrying driving...little man
  2. lashed the scurrying horses
  Synonym:hurrying

双语例句

• It sounded, apparently, like a ship full of rats scurrying for the exit.
  这声音在电话那头听来就像是一艘船上成千上万只夺路而逃的老鼠发出的叫声。
• A sudden rain sent everyone scurrying for shelter.
  一阵突如其来的雨使大家急忙找地方躲避。
• Something wild and energetic was indeed scurrying in the corner and part of it was pointing upwards.
  确实有个野生的、精力充沛的东西在角落乱跑，身体的一部分还向上翘着。
• Despite coaxing from passengers and crew, the man did not cover his mouth, sending fellow travelers scurrying for face masks to protect themselves from germs.
  尽管其他乘客和空乘人员屡屡相劝，这名男子还是没有遮住自己的嘴巴，于是其他乘客纷纷戴起口罩，保护自己免受病菌的侵害。
• It triggered a howling sound and a concurrent gust of wind, both of which sent him scurrying up the stairs.
  这一下引起一阵吼叫声和随之而来的一阵狂风，吓得他抱头鼠窜奔上楼梯。
• That's what was scurrying about the room.
  刚才就是这些白鼬在房间里跑窜。
• Waiters went scurrying down the aisles, thumping down tureens of soup.
  服务员们匆匆忙忙穿过走道，把一盆盆汤重重地放在桌上。
• Our two mother hens and their baby chicks were scurrying homewards one after another from the graveyard of the nearby monastery.
  我们的两匹母鸡和几只鸡雏，先先后后地从邻寺的墓地里跑回来了。
• When twilight came on and Prissy, scurrying like a black wraith, lit a lamp, Melanie became weaker.
  在暮色降临时，百里茜像具黑幽灵似的急急忙忙点起灯，媚兰显得更虚弱了。
• We could hear the mice scurrying about in the walls.
  我们能听见老鼠在墙里乱跑。