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

• As time-use researchers look around, they see a rushing and scurrying everywhere.
  时间利用研究者环顾四周，只见人人忙乱，处处步履匆匆。
• The rain sent everyone scurrying back home.
  这雨也把游玩的人们催回家来。
• 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。
• Once she came upon a rat drinking from the stream, but it fled when she appeared, scurrying between the stalks to vanish in the high grass.
  有一次她撞见了一只老鼠正在小溪中饮水，她的出现令它突然奔窜于草茎中，消失于高高的草海当中。
• These dozen rats were caught scurrying around a KFC-Taco Bell in New York this morning. The old wolf runs out of the bush, still badly shaken, panting with its tongue lolling.
  今晨在纽约的一家肯德鸡塔可钟连锁店中，十几老鼠到处乱窜。那只老狼从灌木丛里窜出来，惊魂未定地喘息，伸出舌头。
• 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。
• They're all scurrying around so.
  他们都是如此地匆忙。
• 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。
• 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。
• The European sovereign debt crisis, uncertainty over US financial regulation and worries over the global economy have sent investors and corporates scurrying for the sidelines, with dire results for many banks 'bottom lines.
  欧洲主权债务危机、美国金融监管的不确定性以及对全球经济的担忧，促使投资者和企业匆匆离场，严重影响了许多银行的利润。