开云 逐日单词: scurry
scurry
英 ['skʌri] 好意思 ['skɜːri]
v.小步疾走；急赶 n.快跑声；疾走
◉词源
“Scurry”可动力自18世纪英语“scur”，与“scour”（快速挪动、搜索）关连，或与“hurry”和解变成，效法快速、轻快的行为声响。约在1800年，“scurry”成为孤苦动词，指仓猝中或小步快跑，开云常带轻浅焦躁感。演变旅途：英语 scur/hurry → 英语 scurry（约1800年）。
◉外刊例句
·The New York Times， February 2023
Mice scurry across the kitchen floor.
老鼠在厨房地板上仓猝跑过。
·The Economist， August 2024
Staff scurry to meet tight deadlines.
职工们仓猝中赶工以搪塞垂危的落幕日历。
·BBC News， July 2025
Pedestrians scurry in the sudden rain.
行东说念主在出乎预感的雨中仓猝而行。
◉经典名著
·Charles Dickens， A Christmas Carol (1843)
Servants scurry to prepare the feast.
仆东说念主们仓猝中准备盛宴。
·Kenneth Grahame， The Wind in the Willows (1908)
Mole watched rats scurry in the grass.
鼹鼠看着老鼠在草丛中仓猝跑动。
·Louisa May Alcott， Little Women (1868)
Children scurry to hide their gifts.
孩子们仓猝中藏起他们的礼物。
◉Usage Examples
(1) They scurried in out of the cold.
(2) The rain sent everyone scurrying for shelter.
(3) I heard a scurry of footsteps.
(4) There was a great scurry for bargains.
(1) 他们冻得很快跑进来了。
(2) 这阵雨把大家浇得纷繁找方位规避。
(3) 我听到一阵仓猝中驰驱的脚步声。
{jz:field.toptypename/}(4) 大家急忙着去抢购特价品。
◉Usage Notes
Scurry means to move quickly， at a frenzied pace， and often also implies the urge to hide. When you come upon a mouse in your house， chances are it will scurry away.
Think of scurry this way — anytime you describe someone as scurrying， you're comparing them to a mouse. When you say troops scurried back behind their defensive lines， you're insulting them. When you say children scurry around searching for eggs during an Easter egg hunt， you think they're cute.
◉柯林斯辞书
1. [VERB 动词](尤指受惊吓时)急奔，乱窜 When people or small animals scurry somewhere， they move there quickly and hurriedly， especially because they are frightened. [V prep/adv] [WRITTEN 笔语]
The attack began， sending residents scurrying for cover...
贫苦发动后，住户们纷繁奔逃规避。
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。
2. [VERB 动词]急仓猝；赶忙 If people scurry to do something， they do it as soon as they can. [V to-inf] [WRITTEN 笔语]
Pictures of starving children have sent many people scurrying to donate money.
看到一张张挨饿受冻的孩子们的像片，好多东说念主赶忙捐款。
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