Vocabulary

chortle.hoodwink, scuttle

Korean 마스크맨 2016. 2. 12. 12:01

chortle: 남의 불운에 대해 고소하다고 생각하며 웃다.
to ​laugh, ​showing pleasure and ​satisfaction, often at someone else's ​bad luck:
She chortled with glee at the ​news.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------hoodwink: 속이다,  거짓말을 믿게하다.
to ​deceive or ​trick someone:He hoodwinked us into agreeing. We were hoodwinked into ​believing that we had ​won a lot of ​money.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------scuttle: 게가 움직이는 모습을 생각하면 됨. 짧은 다리로 빠르게 움직이는 모습.
[I usually + adv/prep] to ​move quickly, with ​small, ​short steps, ​especially in ​order to ​escape:
A ​crab scuttled away under a ​rock as we ​passed.
The ​children scuttled off as ​soon as the
headteacher appeared.
to give up a ​plan or ​activity, or ​spoil a ​possibility for 
success: (계획 따위를) 그만두다, (희망을) 저버리다.
Angry ​workers scuttled all ​hope of ​quick agreement on 
a new ​contract.

to ​intentionally sink a ​ship by ​opening a ​hole in the 
bottom or ​sides