scupper

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

scuppers

1.
(nautical) A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.
2.
(architecture) A similar opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof.

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verb

V_es/s

scuppers

V_ing/Gerund

scuppering

V_ed/pp

scuppered

1.
(UK, transitive)To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
The bad media coverage scuppered his chances of being elected.

Nguồn gốc từ

. Perhaps from Middle English scope (scoop) or Dutch schop (shovel) -er; or from Dutch scheppen (to draw off).