English Dictionary

scuttle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskʌ.təl/

動詞

他動詞 広義

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

日本語の意味

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。

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.

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。

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(transitive) To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner.

The Vichy French fleet in Toulon in 1942 scuttled itself as a final fuck you to the invading Germans.

意味（3）

(transitive, by extension) To deliberately wreck one's vehicle (of any sort).

The third and equally important fact is that at the time of gear retraction more than ample runway remained to brake to a successful stop and even had there been a fire in the left engine no necessity existed for scuttling the aircraft.

意味（4）

(transitive, by extension) To undermine or thwart oneself or one's position or property, especially deliberately.

Coordinate term: scupper

scuttles （ present singular third-person ）

scuttling （ participle present ）

scuttled （ participle past ）

scuttled （ past ）