scuttles
n.煤斗:用于装煤或其他固体燃料的容器。
v.
1. 快速短距离移动:迅速地、匆忙地移动。
2. 使计划、协议等失败:破坏、使失败。
例句
The Trilobite scuttles around homes emitting ultrasound signals to create maps of rooms, which are remembered for future cleaning.
三叶虫在房屋周围飞来飞去,发出超声波信号,绘制出房间的地图,以备日后清洁时使用。
There are two more scuttles down in the cellar.
地下室里还有两个煤斗。
One solution might be to save a lot to reduce debt and rebuild net worth, but the "paradox of thrift" scuttles this.
一个方法或许是大量储蓄,以减少债务并重建资本净值,不过“节约悖论”并不支持它。