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scurry

/skur-ee, skuhr-ee/US // ˈskɜr i, ˈskʌr i //UK // (ˈskʌrɪ) //

疾跑,窜逃,逃窜,窜窜跳跳

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scur·ried, scur·ry·ing.

    • : to go or move quickly or in haste.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    scur·ried, scur·ry·ing.

    • : to send hurrying along.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural scur·ries.

    • : a scurrying rush: the scurry of little feet on the stairs.
    • : a short run or race.

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Examples

  • It has also caused a panicked scurry for antiviral drug remdesivir, which became a popular therapy option as India’s case count kept surging past all previous records.

  • Some are homes and some are pump houses, and you can only tell the difference when you see human silhouettes scurry on rooftops.

  • There is a constant flow of ambulances bringing in wounded while doctors scurry to save them.

  • He gazed down at the local track bed and saw something sleek and fat scurry under a rail.

  • I feel like I am in a John Le Carré novel and scurry into the tavern in hopes of avoiding an “international incident.”

  • People scurry past me while eating freshly roasted corn on the cob.

  • She bent above the page, and in the fever of her interest seemed to pounce on it and scurry over it.

  • The squad took advantage of the confusion to drop their burden and scurry out of sight in the throng.

  • A sleepy beetle dropped on its back; he turned it over and watched it scurry across the grass.

  • We had to scurry out in a hurry to avoid being penned there.

  • In the hurry and scurry that ensued, Sandy escaped sadly to the square.