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词汇 toddle
释义 toddle
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈtɒd.əl/ us /ˈtɑː.dəl/
(especially of a young child) to walk with short steps, trying to keep the body balanced: (尤指幼童)蹒跚行走
I watched my two-year-old nephew toddling around after his puppy.我看着两岁的侄子跟在他的小狗后面蹒跚地四处走。
UKinformal
to walk somewhere: 走(去某地)
I'm just toddling off/round to the shops.我只是出去逛逛商店。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
blunder
bumble
dodder
dodderer
doddery
favour
halting
hobble
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lumpily
stumblingly
teeter
toil
totter
tottering
trundle
tumble

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toddle | American Dictionary


toddle
verb[ I ]
us/ˈtɑd·əl/
(esp. of a young child) to walk awkwardly with short steps:
Our two-year-old toddled after his puppy.

Examples of toddle


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Global warming is too important an issue to be dealt with at such a toddling pace.
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Our steps are toddling, and we have a long way to go and a lot to learn.
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I went toddling away with pride to the school 1¼ miles away to start a great scholastic career.
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There are remote seaside resorts and country villages with children toddling about with gas masks from schoolroom to playground and back.
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Then, when he reaches the toddling stage, he has the nursery school.
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I imagine that she would have received general instructions from the qualified pharmacist not to serve any young children who come toddling into the shop.
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He is still in the crawling or perhaps toddling stage.
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The trains can only toddle along at a few miles an hour.
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We want to get these children almost as soon as they can toddle and do what we can for them in order that they may develop.
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