| 词汇 | waddle |
| 释义 | waddle verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈwɒd.əl/ us /ˈwɑː.dəl/ (usually of a person or animal with short legs and a fat body) to walk with short steps, moving the body from one side to the other: （通常指肥胖腿短的人或动物）蹒跚而行，摇摇摆摆地走 The ducks waddled down to the river. A short, fat waiter waddled over. Compare toddle totter The penguins waddled on their rocks and swam in their pool. The door jingled and an elderly female customer waddled in. Choosing a key from a ring which hung round his fat waist, the guard waddled past a number of cells. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily stumblingly teeter toddle toil totter trundle tumble waddle noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɒd.əl/ us /ˈwɑː.dəl/ (usually of a person or animal with short legs and a fat body) a way of walking with short steps, moving the body from one side to the other: With a quack and a waddle, the duck continued on its way. Towards the end of her pregnancy, she developed a waddle. My feet are so sore that the best I can manage is a waddle. He walks with a swagger that sometimes comes perilously close to a waddle. I am now able to walk around with only a slight waddle. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily stumblingly teeter toddle toil totter trundle tumble waddle | American Dictionarywaddle verb[ I ] us/ˈwɑd·əl/ to walk with short steps, swinging the body from one side to the other, like a duck (= a bird with short legs that lives by water) Examples of waddlewaddle A typically waddling gait can be observed, and women will often support themselves on furniture or rails to reduce weight-bearing. If it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and smells like a duck, well, you know. It smelled, waddled and dove for fish like a duck. There they sit with their searched collars and their white fronts waddling from time to time in the wrong direction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, the chances are that it is probably a duck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The woman will often walk with a waddling gait because she cannot walk normally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it looks like a duck, waddles and quacks, it is probably a duck. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not long before he was making golden legs for them, and they are now all waddling to prosperity on golden crutches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they are disturbed, they will waddle into the water and then move through it at fairly high speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has turned his back and waddled away from them, and he will not be forgiven for doing that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A car purchaser should not have to waddle around the corner to the consumers' council. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But for the moment why should she be asked to walk before she is really able to waddle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will he no lame ducks waddling around this marketplace! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a very fat bird which has to waddle for a long way before it can take off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not in fact saying that there is a real prospect that this particular duck will be able to waddle along satisfactorily on both feet? 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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