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scurry

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📰 外刊例句

On the pavement below, smartly dressed workers scurry from the crowded rush-hour subway to their offices in Lujiazui, the city’s financial district. 下面的人行道上,衣着体面的白领挤出高峰时段的地铁,疾步走向在陆家嘴金融区的办公室。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps
[动词] (指人或小动物)以小而快的步伐匆匆移动


💡 深入解读

Scurry 是一个与 hurry,furry

flurry等有着相同结尾的单词,可以一并联想记忆。不仅如此,从词源上来看, scurry 可能缩略自hurry-scurry,后者也就是 hurry 的重叠词。最早于19世纪10年代出现后, scurry 便开始用来表示“碎步疾行、碎步快跑”,主要指人或小动物以小而快的碎步匆匆移动,常意味着步伐如老鼠、松鼠那般轻快利落,并且往往会在方向或速度上突然变化,

比如:

scurry off to find a doctor急忙赶去找医生

The pedantic clerk said goodbye and scurried back to work.那个迂腐的办事员说声再见,然后扭头跑回去干活了。

The savage attack began, sending residents scurrying for cover.从这个概念出发, scurry 也可以进一步用来引申指“急奔、乱窜、急转、乱转”,也就是以激动、困惑或不规则的方式四处移动,特别是在受惊吓后快而匆忙地移动,比如:野蛮袭击发动后,居民们纷纷奔逃躲避。

The smell of fermented sorghum wafted up from the kitchen. We heard mice scurrying about in the kitchen.高粱发酵的气味从厨房飘了出来。我们听见老鼠在厨房里乱窜。


📚 名著用例

Hagrid vanished amongst the spiders, and with a great scurrying , a foul swarming movement, they retreated under the onslaught of spells , Hagrid buried in their midst. 海格消失在了蜘蛛群里,面对强大的咒语攻势,密密麻麻、臭烘烘的大蜘蛛纷纷后退,杂沓混乱,海格被埋在它们中间不见了踪影。

— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第七本《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )。》


🔍 同近义词

  • bustle: move in an energetic or noisy manner
  • scamper: (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement
  • scuttle: run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps
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