Last Updated :2025/11/19

scuttle

IPA(Pronunciation)
Verb
transitive broadly
Japanese Meaning
船の底、甲板、または側面に穴をあける行為。船を沈没させるためやその他の目的で、船体に穴を切り込む操作を指す。
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私掠船から逃げ切れないと判断した船長は、貨物が敵の手に渡るのを防ぐため、船底に穴を開けて船を沈めるよう乗組員に命じた。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(transitive, nautical) To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose.

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scuttle

Knowing they couldn't outrun the privateers, the captain ordered his crew to scuttle the ship to prevent its cargo from falling into enemy hands.

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Knowing they couldn't outrun the privateers, the captain ordered his crew to scuttle the ship to prevent its cargo from falling into enemy hands.

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