词汇 | trundle |
释义 | trundle verb uk /ˈtrʌn.dəl/ us /ˈtrʌn.dəl/ [ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] (to cause something) to move slowly on wheels: (使)慢慢地移动,滚动 She trundled the wheelbarrow down the path.她沿着花园慢慢地推着手推车。 Hundreds of trucks full of fruit and vegetables trundle across the border each day.每天都有成百上千辆满载水果、蔬菜的卡车慢慢驶过边界。 to move slowly crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling. trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes. creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow. strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest. ambleHe ambled over to the window. [ I+ adv/prep ]informaldisapproving to develop or operate slowly: 缓慢发展;缓慢运行 The negotiations have been trundling on for months and there's still no end in sight.谈判缓慢进行了几个月,到现在还看不到结束的迹象。 Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily stagger stumblingly teeter toddle toil totter tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: On the road: driving & operating road vehicles Slow and moving slowly Phrasal verbtrundle something out trundle | American Dictionarytrundle verb[ always+ adv/prep ] us/ˈtrʌn·dəl/ to push something on wheels, or to cause something to roll along: [ T ]She trundled the wheelbarrow down the road. Examples of trundletrundle Complaints, once justified, continue to be trundled out long after they have ceased to have justification. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are aware that various companies have shown an interest in those factories and that such companies are trundling around the royal ordnance factories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are trying to stop the deceleration of the great legislative machine—the centralising machine that trundles on day by day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have trundled to supplementary benefit offices with parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were on a two-lane road and this lorry was trundling on and on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only connection between the two is the road that trundles right through the middle of that old town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing trundles onwards, and we all know what is happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know about empty buses trundling up and down, but many cars can be seen, each carrying only one person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Meanwhile, it is a pleasure of a certain antiquarian kind to listen to these dinosaurs trundling about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituents are fed up to the back teeth with juggernauts trundling down country lanes on their way to landfill sites. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Equipment is trundled from one ward to another and the beds are placed in any ward where the patient happens to be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The coal was fed into different wagons from a hopper and it was then trundled along through the surrounding fields. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have 65-year-old locomotives still trundling along; and 75-year-old cotton mills equipped with 75-year-old machinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will no doubt be trundled on like some piece of antiquated medieval artillery to try to quieten us with a legal salvo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know about nuclear waste trundling through our constituencies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of trundle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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