skitter

FREQ #48572

vi. 飞掠而过, 蹦跳 vt. 使掠过水面

发音

UK /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
US /ˈskɪtɚ/
US /ˈskɪɾɚ/

词形变化

skitters 复数 skitters 三单 skittering 现在分词 skittered 过去式 skittered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A skittering movement.

    比喻

    A skitter of activity. A skitter of gooseflesh.

  2. 1.

    Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.

    苏格兰 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.

    不及物

    I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.

    Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.

  2. 2.

    To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.

    及物
  4. 1.

    To cause to have diarrhea.

    苏格兰 及物
  5. 2.

    To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.

    苏格兰 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

skip skim scurry scuttle scamper

上位词 5

run throw loft twitch glide

下位词 1

crab

词源

Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.

来源：wiktionary