v.飛掠而過(guò)；把魚鉤在水面移動(dòng)著釣；掠過(guò)水面

A small crab skitters across a brilliantly colored blue sea star in the western Pacific Ocean. 這是一個(gè)來(lái)自太平洋西部的藍(lán)色海星。注意看，上面有之小螃蟹正在爬呢。

The smaller the particle, the more it skitters and the farther to the right it wanders. 越小的粒子，蹣跚行進(jìn)得越厲害，向右漂流的距離也越遠(yuǎn)。

For instance, the shy pup who cringes and skitters away from you when you crouch down to pet her. 例如，當(dāng)你蹲下愛(ài)撫一條幼犬，它會(huì)因畏縮而飛快溜走。

The easiest explanation was that these particles were alive, but Brown showed that even finely powdered rock skitters when suspended in water. 最簡(jiǎn)單的解釋是這些粒子是有生命的，不過(guò)布朗證明了就算是巖石的細(xì)粉，懸浮在水里也會(huì)有類似的運(yùn)動(dòng)。

Patterns in Nature: Sea Stars A small crab skitters across a brilliantly colored blue sea star in the western Pacific Ocean. 意譯：海星在自然界的模式。一只小螃蟹移動(dòng)越過(guò)輝煌的彩色藍(lán)海星位于西太平洋。