Definition of scurry in English:

scurry

verbscurried, scurrying, scurries ˈskʌriˈskəri

no object, with adverbial of direction (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.
（人，小动物）小步快跑
pedestrians scurried for cover
行人小跑步寻找躲避之处。
Example sentencesExamples
- Word has it that Sundance is, while financially secure, scurrying to secure new sponsorship partners after some have fallen out.
- When someone accidentally bumps him on the street, his ranting makes bystanders scurry away.
- While everyone was scurrying around trying to figure out how to embrace Matt Dillon's overlong, otherwise decent directing debut, there was no need for equivocation about Washington's work.
- In Equinox Flower, Hirayama is left alone in an empty room as both his wife and daughter scurry in and out.
- Or when he steps off a train and into a crowd of photographers only to watch them scurry away when Ava Gardner emerges from an adjacent car.
- To that, let me just add, ‘Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry.’
- Chefs and Apprentices scurry around, cooking pastries and birds.
- The girls jump up and scurry over to the crustaceans for closer inspection.
- They hear something scurry up the tree and Haldir cannot recognize it.
- The rats scurry around ravenously, and the narrator realizes that they are waiting to devour his warm, dead flesh.
- The handkerchief began to plague me like a fly - as he said - flying around my head and eventually wound up scurrying into my jacket.
- Raincoated figures scurry into the school opposite.
- We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path.
- The Fembots have junk (found all over the stage), and scurry around like men on a mission between songs.
- Several works focus on Times Square, allowing the cacophony of billboards and neon signs to nearly overwhelm the figures and vehicles scurrying below.
- What, then, is the status of the direct, point-blank parody of bureaucrats scurrying behind blue blinds?
- Newly emerged moths scurry to the nearest vertical surface, such as a wall, until their cuticles harden.
- Bridges fly over the entrance route so, through the glass slot over the entrance, the public can see their civil servants scurrying or drifting about.
- Crucifixes and virgin statues bob and wave humorously at the camera as the children scurry along.
- They decide to sink the boat to ensure it can't be salvaged, and are horrified when British sailors scurry out onto the deck and leap into the vast and dark Atlantic as the vessel sinks.
Synonyms
scamper, scuttle, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint
British scutter
informal scoot, beetle

nounPlural scurries ˈskʌriˈskəri

1A situation of hurried and confused movement.
匆忙；混乱
I was in such a scurry
我实在太匆忙。
Example sentencesExamples
- After the frantic scurry of the days before our departure, it was soothing to have no telephone calls, no letters to answer, not much to do but look after the baby, and eat, drink and sleep.
Synonyms
rush, race, dash, run, sprint
scamper, scampering, scuttle, scuttling, scramble, scrambling, bustle, bustling, trot, hurry
British scutter, scuttering
2A flurry of rain or snow.
阵雨；阵雪
the sled disappeared in a scurry of snow
Synonyms
swarm, cloud, flock, horde, throng, bustle, maelstrom, turmoil, flurry, whirl, flood

Origin

Early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry.

Rhymes

curry, dhurrie, flurry, hurry, Murray, slurry, surrey, worry

Definition of scurry in US English:

scurry

verbˈskərēˈskəri

no object, with adverbial of direction (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps.
（人，小动物）小步快跑
pedestrians scurried for cover
行人小跑步寻找躲避之处。
Example sentencesExamples
- They hear something scurry up the tree and Haldir cannot recognize it.
- Or when he steps off a train and into a crowd of photographers only to watch them scurry away when Ava Gardner emerges from an adjacent car.
- Bridges fly over the entrance route so, through the glass slot over the entrance, the public can see their civil servants scurrying or drifting about.
- We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path.
- In Equinox Flower, Hirayama is left alone in an empty room as both his wife and daughter scurry in and out.
- To that, let me just add, ‘Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry.’
- The handkerchief began to plague me like a fly - as he said - flying around my head and eventually wound up scurrying into my jacket.
- The girls jump up and scurry over to the crustaceans for closer inspection.
- Word has it that Sundance is, while financially secure, scurrying to secure new sponsorship partners after some have fallen out.
- The rats scurry around ravenously, and the narrator realizes that they are waiting to devour his warm, dead flesh.
- What, then, is the status of the direct, point-blank parody of bureaucrats scurrying behind blue blinds?
- Crucifixes and virgin statues bob and wave humorously at the camera as the children scurry along.
- When someone accidentally bumps him on the street, his ranting makes bystanders scurry away.
- Chefs and Apprentices scurry around, cooking pastries and birds.
- The Fembots have junk (found all over the stage), and scurry around like men on a mission between songs.
- Raincoated figures scurry into the school opposite.
- They decide to sink the boat to ensure it can't be salvaged, and are horrified when British sailors scurry out onto the deck and leap into the vast and dark Atlantic as the vessel sinks.
- Newly emerged moths scurry to the nearest vertical surface, such as a wall, until their cuticles harden.
- Several works focus on Times Square, allowing the cacophony of billboards and neon signs to nearly overwhelm the figures and vehicles scurrying below.
- While everyone was scurrying around trying to figure out how to embrace Matt Dillon's overlong, otherwise decent directing debut, there was no need for equivocation about Washington's work.
Synonyms
scamper, scuttle, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint

nounˈskərēˈskəri

A situation of hurried and confused movement.
匆忙；混乱
I was in such a scurry
我实在太匆忙。
Example sentencesExamples
- After the frantic scurry of the days before our departure, it was soothing to have no telephone calls, no letters to answer, not much to do but look after the baby, and eat, drink and sleep.
Synonyms
rush, race, dash, run, sprint

Origin

Early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry.

词汇	scurry
释义	Definition of scurry in English: scurry verbscurried, scurrying, scurries ˈskʌriˈskəri no object, with adverbial of direction (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps. （人，小动物）小步快跑 pedestrians scurried for cover 行人小跑步寻找躲避之处。 Example sentencesExamples Word has it that Sundance is, while financially secure, scurrying to secure new sponsorship partners after some have fallen out. When someone accidentally bumps him on the street, his ranting makes bystanders scurry away. While everyone was scurrying around trying to figure out how to embrace Matt Dillon's overlong, otherwise decent directing debut, there was no need for equivocation about Washington's work. In Equinox Flower, Hirayama is left alone in an empty room as both his wife and daughter scurry in and out. Or when he steps off a train and into a crowd of photographers only to watch them scurry away when Ava Gardner emerges from an adjacent car. To that, let me just add, ‘Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry.’ Chefs and Apprentices scurry around, cooking pastries and birds. The girls jump up and scurry over to the crustaceans for closer inspection. They hear something scurry up the tree and Haldir cannot recognize it. The rats scurry around ravenously, and the narrator realizes that they are waiting to devour his warm, dead flesh. The handkerchief began to plague me like a fly - as he said - flying around my head and eventually wound up scurrying into my jacket. Raincoated figures scurry into the school opposite. We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path. The Fembots have junk (found all over the stage), and scurry around like men on a mission between songs. Several works focus on Times Square, allowing the cacophony of billboards and neon signs to nearly overwhelm the figures and vehicles scurrying below. What, then, is the status of the direct, point-blank parody of bureaucrats scurrying behind blue blinds? Newly emerged moths scurry to the nearest vertical surface, such as a wall, until their cuticles harden. Bridges fly over the entrance route so, through the glass slot over the entrance, the public can see their civil servants scurrying or drifting about. Crucifixes and virgin statues bob and wave humorously at the camera as the children scurry along. They decide to sink the boat to ensure it can't be salvaged, and are horrified when British sailors scurry out onto the deck and leap into the vast and dark Atlantic as the vessel sinks. Synonyms scamper, scuttle, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint British scutter informal scoot, beetle nounPlural scurries ˈskʌriˈskəri 1A situation of hurried and confused movement. 匆忙；混乱 I was in such a scurry 我实在太匆忙。 Example sentencesExamples After the frantic scurry of the days before our departure, it was soothing to have no telephone calls, no letters to answer, not much to do but look after the baby, and eat, drink and sleep. Synonyms rush, race, dash, run, sprint scamper, scampering, scuttle, scuttling, scramble, scrambling, bustle, bustling, trot, hurry British scutter, scuttering 2A flurry of rain or snow. 阵雨；阵雪 the sled disappeared in a scurry of snow Synonyms swarm, cloud, flock, horde, throng, bustle, maelstrom, turmoil, flurry, whirl, flood Origin Early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry. Rhymes curry, dhurrie, flurry, hurry, Murray, slurry, surrey, worry Definition of scurry in US English: scurry verbˈskərēˈskəri no object, with adverbial of direction (of a person or small animal) move hurriedly with short quick steps. （人，小动物）小步快跑 pedestrians scurried for cover 行人小跑步寻找躲避之处。 Example sentencesExamples They hear something scurry up the tree and Haldir cannot recognize it. Or when he steps off a train and into a crowd of photographers only to watch them scurry away when Ava Gardner emerges from an adjacent car. Bridges fly over the entrance route so, through the glass slot over the entrance, the public can see their civil servants scurrying or drifting about. We have come to see the tornado in all of its glory, not the ant-like humans that scurry about in its path. In Equinox Flower, Hirayama is left alone in an empty room as both his wife and daughter scurry in and out. To that, let me just add, ‘Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry.’ The handkerchief began to plague me like a fly - as he said - flying around my head and eventually wound up scurrying into my jacket. The girls jump up and scurry over to the crustaceans for closer inspection. Word has it that Sundance is, while financially secure, scurrying to secure new sponsorship partners after some have fallen out. The rats scurry around ravenously, and the narrator realizes that they are waiting to devour his warm, dead flesh. What, then, is the status of the direct, point-blank parody of bureaucrats scurrying behind blue blinds? Crucifixes and virgin statues bob and wave humorously at the camera as the children scurry along. When someone accidentally bumps him on the street, his ranting makes bystanders scurry away. Chefs and Apprentices scurry around, cooking pastries and birds. The Fembots have junk (found all over the stage), and scurry around like men on a mission between songs. Raincoated figures scurry into the school opposite. They decide to sink the boat to ensure it can't be salvaged, and are horrified when British sailors scurry out onto the deck and leap into the vast and dark Atlantic as the vessel sinks. Newly emerged moths scurry to the nearest vertical surface, such as a wall, until their cuticles harden. Several works focus on Times Square, allowing the cacophony of billboards and neon signs to nearly overwhelm the figures and vehicles scurrying below. While everyone was scurrying around trying to figure out how to embrace Matt Dillon's overlong, otherwise decent directing debut, there was no need for equivocation about Washington's work. Synonyms scamper, scuttle, bustle, skip, trot, hurry, hasten, make haste, rush, race, dash, run, sprint nounˈskərēˈskəri A situation of hurried and confused movement. 匆忙；混乱 I was in such a scurry 我实在太匆忙。 Example sentencesExamples After the frantic scurry of the days before our departure, it was soothing to have no telephone calls, no letters to answer, not much to do but look after the baby, and eat, drink and sleep. Synonyms rush, race, dash, run, sprint Origin Early 19th century: abbreviation of hurry-scurry, reduplication of hurry.
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