| 词汇 | waddled |
| 释义 | waddled past simple and past participle ofwaddle 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 inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily lurch reel squeeze toddle toil totter tottering totteringly tumble Examples of waddledwaddled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It smelled, waddled and dove for fish like a duck. 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 The following day, during lunch, another waiter opened a tureen, and to his surprise, all the ducks waddled out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This explanation would cover sightings of lake-monsters on land, during which the creature supposedly waddled into the loch upon being startled, in the manner of seals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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