Meaning: Squirrels quickly ran up the trunk of the tree.
Choice of Words: Squirrels: small rodents with bushy tails. Scampered: to run or move quickly with short, hurried steps. Trunk: the main stem of a tree.
Alternative Expressions
Squirrels scurried up the trunk.
Meaning: This means that the squirrels climbed up the tree very fast.
Choice of Words:Squirrels are small animals that live in trees. Scurried means to move quickly or run in a hurry. Trunk is the thick stem of a tree. When you put them together, "Squirrels scurried up the trunk" means that the squirrels moved quickly up the tree trunk.
Squirrels zipped up the trunk.
Meaning: This means that the squirrels climbed up the tree very, very fast.
Choice of Words:Squirrels are small animals that live in trees. Zipped means to move very quickly or suddenly. Trunk is the thick stem of a tree. When you put them together, "Squirrels zipped up the trunk" means that the squirrels moved very quickly up the tree trunk.