| anglais > français | |
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| scuttle | |
| 1. n. Écoutille. | |
| A scuttle is a small hole or port cut either in the deck or side of a ship, generally for ventilation. | |
| 2. n. Seau (à charbon, à ordures). | |
| 3. n. Sabordage. | |
| 4. n. Pas (marche) rapide. | |
| 5. n. Calandre d'une voiture. | |
| 6. v. Saborder (au propre et au figuré). | |
| 7. v. Se précipiter | |
| Il se précipita vers le fond de la caverne, y trouva un os de chevreuil où restait quelque viande, s'assit et en fit craquer le bout avec délices. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| scuttle | |
| 1. n. A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). |  |
| 2. n. A broad, shallow basket. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete, Northern England, and Scotland) A dish, platter or a trencher. | |
| 4. n. A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck. | |
| 5. n. (construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. | |
| 7. v. To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper. | |
| The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry. | |
| 10. n. A quick pace; a short run. | |
