女神殿

scupper

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–noun 
1. Nautical. a drain at the edge of a deck exposed to the weather, for allowing accumulated water to drain away into the sea or into the bilges (船底). Compare freeing port.
2. a drain, closed by one or two flaps, for allowing water from the sprinkler system of a factory or the like to run off a floor of the building to the exterior.
3. any opening in the side of a building, as in a parapet, for draining off rain water. 

–verb (used with object) British. 
1. Military. to overwhelm; surprise and destroy, disable, or massacre.
2. Informal. to prevent from happening or succeeding; ruin; wreck. 


　
I can understand this, completely. There was an option to take his kids to Germany too, I suppose, but that wouldn’t necessarily be fair on them either. Or… the other version of events might be true - those old rumors about Rodriguez and McGowan splitting up and that scuppering the movie. Though I don’t know why he’d not just make the film with another star...?


aperture
which was the widest lens aperture setting.
perforate
Hector, I ordered three Islamic 13th-century, perforated pottery bowels and six breakers.
rut
You better slow down. There's ruts out there. You can get us stuck in one.
trench
Venturing [deep] into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table,
spelunk
Sarah is lured to the States with her friend Beth to a special [spelunking] trip by the fearless Juno,
Orifice