scupper是什么意思
2024-02-08 01:27:16
scupper
n. 排水口
vt. 使船沉没；破坏；摧毁
过去式：scuppered 过去分词：scuppered 现在分词：scuppering 第三人称单数：scuppers
近义词：opening，outlet，stymie，thwart，wreck，ruin，undo，spoil，foil，scuttle，damage，scotch，endanger，queer，ambush，lurk，bushwhack，expose，waylay，peril，ambuscade，lieinwait，
英英释义
Noun
- drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
Verb
- wait in hiding to attack
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
- He admits, however, that insurance difficulties might scupper that idea.不过他承认安全困难可能使计划受挫。
- The project was scuppered by lack of money.那个计划因缺钱而告吹。
- Were scuppered!我们完蛋了！