"scuttling" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 小步快跑

Definition

用很快的小步伐移動，像緊張的小動物或趕時間的人一樣。常用來形容昆蟲或小孩的動作。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常帶有緊張或急促的感覺，常用於形容動物（如老鼠、螃蟹、蜘蛛）或小孩的動作。比單純的“跑”更生動，語氣較口語。

Examples

The mouse was scuttling across the kitchen floor.

老鼠在廚房地板上**小步快跑**。

The children went scuttling out to play when they heard the bell.

孩子們聽到鈴聲後**小步快跑**地跑出去玩了。

I saw a crab scuttling along the sand at the beach.

我看到一隻螃蟹在沙灘上**小步快跑**。

She came scuttling back into the room, looking for her phone.

她**小步快跑**地回到房間找手機。

We heard something scuttling in the attic last night.

我們昨晚聽到閣樓上有東西在**小步快跑**。

The insects started scuttling away as soon as the light was turned on.

燈一開，昆蟲們就開始**小步快跑**逃開。