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词汇 toddling
释义 toddling
present participle oftoddle
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
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lumpily
lurch
reel
squeeze
toddle
toil
totter
tottering
totteringly
tumble

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Walking and walkers

Examples of toddling


toddling

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


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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I went toddling away with pride to the school 1¼ miles away to start a great scholastic career.
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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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Then, when he reaches the toddling stage, he has the nursery school.
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Global warming is too important an issue to be dealt with at such a toddling pace.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
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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Gone are the days of the toddling tot, the days of milk-teeth and tonsils.
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