| 单词 | skitter |
| 释义 | skit·ter /ˈskɪtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] RUNto move very quickly and lightly, like a small animal 〔像小动物那样〕轻快地跑 SYN scurryskitter across/down/along etc Something skittered across the alley. 有个东西轻快地跑过小巷。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusskitter• Lightly falling raindrops splashed into her open mouth and eyes, skittering across her taut, shiny face.• They skitter along, in a hurry, struggling to keep up with the powerful front end.• It had plucked Mariana from the pillion seat, skittering her against the current like a flat stone skipped across a pond.• It screwed across asphalt, skittering in various directions at 30 miles per hour.• I shine my pocket torch on to hundreds of crabs skittering into the sea.• Shaking the snow off their hair and coats, the girls skitter up the back stairs into the factory.skitter across/down/along etc• With a sigh, Ronni pressed her own lips against them, feeling sparks of electricity skitter down her spine.• Lightly falling raindrops splashed into her open mouth and eyes, skittering across her taut, shiny face.• They skitter along, in a hurry, struggling to keep up with the powerful front end.Origin skitter (1800-1900) Probably from skite “to slide, skip” ((18-20 centuries)), probably from a Scandinavian languageskit·ter verbChineseSyllable quickly move very lightly, to like a Corpus and |
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