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skitter

/skit-er/US // ˈskɪt ər //UK // (ˈskɪtə) //

滑行,跳动,抖动,闪闪发光

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
    • : to skim along a surface.
    • : Angling. to draw a lure or a baited hook over the water with a skipping motion.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to skitter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Scorpions use tiny hairs on their legs and body to sense vibrations and will likely skitter into a safe hiding place before you even see them.

  • Researchers will unsettle the pond bottom and the beetles float to the surface, where they skitter around upside-down, he explains.

  • Let the green stalks spurt and skitter across the skillet just until they turn bright green with a few spotty blisters.

  • Moving another notch down caused the picture to skitter back and forth on the screen.

  • When you quit Skitter Bend, like the whipped cur you wus, I wus right hot on your trail.

  • We saw the ruffled grouse whir through the thickets and the wild ducks skitter down the stream ahead of us.

  • He divided with me, told me to fasten one upon the end of my line and skitter it over the water.

  • Skitter and spit dust—use it all, but keep us clear for three minutes!