scupper的意思|scupper的解释-里氏词典

Scupper \Scup"per\, n. [OF. escopir, escupir, to spit, perhaps
for escospir, L. ex + conspuere to spit upon; pref. con- +
spuere to spit. Cf. {Spit}, v.] (Naut.)
An opening cut through the waterway and bulwarks of a ship,
so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called
also {scupper hole}.

{Scupper hose} (Naut.), a pipe of leather, canvas, etc.,
attached to the mouth of the scuppers, on the outside of a
vessel, to prevent the water from entering. --Totten.

{Scupper nail} (Naut.), a nail with a very broad head, for
securing the edge of the hose to the scupper.

{Scupper plug} (Naut.), a plug to stop a scupper. --Totten.

Every year, ski resorts are desperate to tell the world they have opened on the earliest possible date - sometimes ridiculously early. In its traditional battle to be first, Keystone pulled off a master-stroke to scupper Loveland, its local rival.
Even so, a lack of political consensus could still scupper the deal. Failure would not be as heavy a blow to BAe as would have been the case six months ago.
Indeed they could scupper the scheme as they account for almost all the loans to Montedison's big US-based Himont polyethylene subsidiary, which they could put in default.
The Liberals are unlikely to scupper Nafta.
'If the DTI's statement was an attempt to scupper Jeffrey's chances of the Tory chairmanship it was a waste of time,' said a senior Tory official.
But in any restructuring process, it takes just one unco-operative bank to scupper the talks. It is not clear yet whether a rash of large receiverships would tip the property market into another spiral of decline.

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