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skitter across/over sth
不及物用法，常接表示方向或地点的状语，强调快速、轻巧地移动。
A mouse skittered across the kitchen floor.
一只老鼠从厨房地板上飞快跑过。
飞掠而过；疾走；蹦跳
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飞掠而过；疾走；蹦跳
to move quickly and lightly across a surface, often with small fast steps
A mouse skittered across the kitchen floor.
一只老鼠从厨房地板上飞快跑过。
急速移动或蹦跳、抽搐般移动；奔逃,疾走,快跑。
To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
在(或仿佛在)疾驰时发出刮擦或奔跑的声响。
To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
使(某物)快速掠过表面,仅间歇接触；使轻快地移动。
To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
skitter
Base
原形
skitters
3rd person
第三人称单数
skittering
-ing
现在分词
skittered
Past
过去式
skittered
Past participle
过去分词
The mouse skitters across the kitchen floor.
老鼠飞快地跑过厨房地板。
A beetle skittered over the leaves.
一只甲虫从树叶上飞快爬过。
Spiders are skittering along the wall.
蜘蛛正沿着墙壁飞快爬动。
skitter 常作不及物动词，表示快速轻巧地掠过或蹦跳；作及物动词时表示使（鱼饵）掠过水面。
A small crab skittered across the wet sand and disappeared into the waves.
一只小螃蟹在湿漉漉的沙滩上飞快爬过，消失在波浪里。
Dry leaves were skittering along the pavement in the autumn wind.
秋风中，干枯的树叶沿着人行道飞掠而过。
The little lizard skitters under the rock whenever the sun gets too hot.
太阳太热时，小蜥蜴就会飞快地窜到石头下面。
不及物用法，常接表示方向或地点的状语，强调快速、轻巧地移动。
A mouse skittered across the kitchen floor.
一只老鼠从厨房地板上飞快跑过。
及物用法，为钓鱼术语，宾语通常为钓钩或鱼饵，表示使其在水面轻快移动。
He skittered the lure across the pond.
他让鱼饵在池塘水面掠过。
Not this
The beetle skittered the floor.
Use this
The beetle skittered across the floor.
skitter 表示“飞速移动、蹦跳”时是不及物动词，不能直接接地点作宾语；要表示“沿/越过某个表面移动”，需要加 across、along、over 等介词短语。
Not this
The wind skittered the leaves all over the yard.
Use this
The wind scattered the leaves all over the yard.
skitter 与 scatter 形近但意义不同：skitter 指轻快地跳跃或疾走，scatter 才表示“使散落、撒开”。此处“风把叶子吹散”应使用 scatter。
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迅速溜走；惊逃
The mouse skittered away when I turned on the light.
我一开灯，老鼠就溜走了。
飞快地掠过；蹦跳着穿过
Leaves skittered across the pavement in the wind.
树叶在风中飞快地掠过人行道。
轻快地滑行；沿……蹦跳移动
A water strider skittered along the surface of the pond.
一只水黾在池塘水面上轻快地滑行。
从……上面急速掠过
Small stones skittered over the frozen lake.
小石子从结冰的湖面上急速掠过。
使钓饵掠过水面
He skittered the lure across the calm water to attract bass.
他让钓饵掠过平静的水面以吸引鲈鱼。
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想象 ski(滑雪)轻快掠过水面，小虫也这样蹦跳疾走——skitter 就是“飞掠、疾走”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing quick, light movement of small animals or objects、fishing: moving a hook or bait across the water surface 该词通常表示轻快快速地移动或掠过，语气中性，既不正式也不俚俗。多用于描述小动物或轻巧物体的移动，也见于钓鱼场景；口语和较轻松的书面表达中都较常见。
All six words end in -itter and rhyme with skitter, with the same short-vowel /ɪ/ and final /tə/. Beware the lookalike 'skater' (/ˈskeɪtə/), which has a different vowel and does not rhyme.
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