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scurry + adv./prep. (direction)
scurry 是不及物动词，后常接表示方向的副词或介词短语。
The mouse scurried across the kitchen floor.
老鼠匆匆跑过厨房地板。
急赶；急跑；急转
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
急赶；急跑；急转
to move about or proceed hurriedly
The mouse scurried across the kitchen floor.
老鼠匆匆跑过厨房地板。
碎步快跑,疾走。
To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
scurry
Base
原形
scurries
3rd person
第三人称单数
scurrying
-ing
现在分词
scurried
Past
过去式
scurried
Past participle
过去分词
Mice scurry across the kitchen floor at night.
夜里老鼠在厨房地板上四处奔窜。
The children scurried home when the rain started.
雨一开始下，孩子们就匆忙跑回家。
People are scurrying through the station to catch their trains.
人们正急匆匆地穿过车站去赶火车。
scurry 表示小步快跑、慌张匆忙地移动，常与 away、off、around 等搭配。
The mice scurried across the kitchen floor when the light came on.
灯亮时，老鼠们急忙跑过厨房地板。
We watched the ants scurrying back and forth with crumbs.
我们看着蚂蚁带着面包屑来回急跑。
She scurries off to work every morning without eating breakfast.
她每天早上不吃早饭就匆匆赶去上班。
scurry 是不及物动词，后常接表示方向的副词或介词短语。
The mouse scurried across the kitchen floor.
老鼠匆匆跑过厨房地板。
around/about 强调忙碌而无明确方向的移动。
People were scurrying around the office before the meeting.
开会前，人们在办公室里匆匆忙忙地跑来跑去。
Not this
The mouse scurryed across the floor.
Use this
The mouse scurried across the floor.
scurry 以辅音字母加 y 结尾，变过去式时须先将 y 改为 i，再加 -ed，所以应为 scurried；scurryed 是常见拼写错误，改正后不改变时态和意思。
Not this
After school, the children scurried to home.
Use this
After school, the children scurried home.
home 表示“回家/向家”这一方向时是副词，前面不能加介词 to。scurry home 直接用副词作状语，删去 to 才符合英语习惯。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
匆匆离去；跑开
The frightened rabbit scurried away into the bushes.
受惊的兔子匆匆跑进了灌木丛。
到处奔忙；四处急跑
The kitchen staff scurried around preparing the orders.
厨房工作人员四处奔忙着准备订单。
急忙穿过；匆匆横穿
A beetle scurried across the kitchen floor.
一只甲虫匆匆爬过厨房地板。
匆匆返回
He scurried back to his seat before the teacher noticed.
他在老师注意之前匆匆回到了座位。
匆忙进入；躲进
The children scurried into the house when it started to rain.
开始下雨时，孩子们匆忙跑进了屋里。
一阵忙乱的活动
There was a scurry of activity in the office before the deadline.
截止日期前，办公室里一阵忙乱。
匆匆离开
She scurried off before I could ask her name.
我还没来得及问她的名字，她就匆匆离开了。
匆匆跑开
The mouse scurried away when the light came on.
灯一亮，老鼠就匆匆跑开了。
匆匆地四处走动
People were scurrying around trying to find a place to hide.
人们匆匆地四处走动，想找一个藏身之处。
Use scurry naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想：小动物碎步急跑，发出“skurr-skurr”声，scurry 就是这种急促细碎的样子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing a small animal moving quickly、describing people rushing in a busy place、casual or literary storytelling scurry 最常用作动词，表示匆忙地小步跑动，多用于描写小动物或人匆忙走动的场景。语气中性，口语和书面语中都较常见；名词用法较少，通常指一阵忙乱。
在标准英音中，hurry、flurry、curry、worry 与 scurry 押韵，均为 /ʌri/。furry 和 scary 拼写相近，但发音不同：furry 读 /ˈfɜːri/，scary 读 /ˈskeəri/。
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