skitter

英 [ˈskɪtə(r)]

美 [ˈskɪtər]

v.  轻捷地跑; 轻快地动

过去式：skittered　现在分词：skittering　复数：skitters　过去分词：skittered　第三人称单数：skitters　

BNC.27154 / COCA.16561

牛津词典

verb

• 轻捷地跑；轻快地动
  to run or move very quickly and lightly

柯林斯词典

• VERB 滑行;疾行;轻轻掠过
  If somethingskitters, it moves about very lightly and quickly.
  1. The rats skittered around them in the drains and under the floorboards...
     无论是下水道里，还是地板下面，都有许多耗子绕着它们蹿来蹿去。
  2. Pieces of paper were skittering along the sidewalk.
     人行道上飞舞着一张张纸片。

英英释义

verb

• twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water
• cause to skip over a surface
  1. Skip a stone across the pond
  Synonym:skimskip
• glide easily along a surface
• to move about or proceed hurriedly
  1. so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
  Synonym:scurryscamperscuttle

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