trundling
present participle oftrundle
| 单词 | trundling |
| 释义 | trundling present participle oftrundle trundle verb uk/ˈtrʌn.dəl/us/ˈtrʌn.dəl/[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] (tocausesomething) tomoveslowlyonwheels: She trundled thewheelbarrowdown thepath. Hundreds oftrucksfulloffruitandvegetablestrundleacrossthebordereachday. to move slowly
[I+ adv/prep]informaldisapproving todeveloporoperateslowly: Thenegotiationshave been trundlingonformonthsand there's still no end insight. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: On the road: driving & operating road vehicles Slow and moving slowly Phrasal verbtrundlesomethingout Examplesoftrundlingtrundling 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 truckstrundlingto nuclear power stations from the railhead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It will envelop the area through which all the lorries will betrundling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is perfectly true that lorries would gotrundlingthrough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I well remember as a boy, during the early part of the war, the huge ammunition trainstrundlingthrough the west country up steep inclines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, it stayed at home and the world cametrundlingto its door. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You are still going to have the lorries harvesting the timber andtrundlingthrough the villages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand there will be some 30 to 50 lorries a daytrundlingaround these narrow roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nuclear materials have beentrundlingaround 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have written to the present district auditor, and things are slowlytrundlingon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have whole fleets of clapped out diesel multiple unitstrundlinground the countryside long after their life expectancy has run out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is as if a bulldozer weretrundlingacross all the regions, all the countries, in the same way. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We are aware that various companies have shown an interest in those factories and that such companies aretrundlingaround the royal ordnance factories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot at this moment let inflation gotrundlingon because of imperfections in industrial relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We were on a two-lane road and this lorry wastrundlingon and on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know about empty busestrundlingup 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 theOpen 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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