| 词汇 | trundling |
| 释义 | trundling present participle oftrundle 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 inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch reel squeeze toddle toil totter tottering totteringly 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 Examples of trundlingtrundling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some of those shipments are in large trucks trundling to nuclear power stations from the railhead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will envelop the area through which all the lorries will be trundling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is perfectly true that lorries would go trundling through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I well remember as a boy, during the early part of the war, the huge ammunition trains trundling through the west country up steep inclines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, it stayed at home and the world came trundling to its door. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are still going to have the lorries harvesting the timber and trundling through the villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand there will be some 30 to 50 lorries a day trundling around these narrow roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nuclear materials have been trundling around on our roads and railways very safely for 40-odd years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have written to the present district auditor, and things are slowly trundling on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have whole fleets of clapped out diesel multiple units trundling round the countryside long after their life expectancy has run out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is as if a bulldozer were trundling across all the regions, all the countries, in the same way. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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 We cannot at this moment let inflation go trundling on because of imperfections in industrial relations. 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 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 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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