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单词 waddle
释义
waddle
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/ˈwɒd.əl/us
/ˈwɑː.dəl/
(usually of apersonoranimalwithshortlegsand afatbody) towalkwithshortsteps,movingthebodyfrom onesideto the other:
（通常指肥胖腿短的人或动物）蹒跚而行，摇摇摆摆地走
Theduckswaddled down to theriver.
Ashort,fatwaiterwaddled over.
Compare
toddle
totter
More examples
  • Thepenguinswaddled ontheirrocksandswamintheirpool.
  • Thedoorjingledand anelderlyfemalecustomerwaddled in.
  • Choosing akeyfrom aringwhichhunground hisfatwaist, theguardwaddled past anumberofcells.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
  • blunder
  • bumble
  • dodder
  • dodderer
  • doddery
  • halting
  • hardly/barely put one foot in front of the otheridiom
  • have two left feetidiom
  • hobble
  • limp
  • lollop
  • lumber
  • reel
  • squeeze
  • straggle
  • teeter
  • toddle
  • toil
  • totter
  • tumble
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waddle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɒd.əl/us
/ˈwɑː.dəl/
(usually of apersonoranimalwithshortlegsand afatbody) a way ofwalkingwithshortsteps,movingthebodyfrom onesideto the other:
With aquackand a waddle, theduckcontinuedonitsway.
Towards the end of herpregnancy, shedevelopeda waddle.
More examples
  • Myfeetare sosorethat thebestI canmanageis a waddle.
  • Hewalkswith aswaggerthat sometimes comesperilouslycloseto a waddle.
  • I am nowabletowalkaround with only aslightwaddle.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
  • blunder
  • bumble
  • dodder
  • dodderer
  • doddery
  • halting
  • hardly/barely put one foot in front of the otheridiom
  • have two left feetidiom
  • hobble
  • limp
  • lollop
  • lumber
  • reel
  • squeeze
  • straggle
  • teeter
  • toddle
  • toil
  • totter
  • tumble
See more results »
(Definition ofwaddlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
waddle
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk
/ˈwɒd.əl/us
/ˈwɑː.dəl/
(usually of apersonoranimalwithshortlegsand afatbody) towalkwithshortsteps,movingthebodyfrom onesideto the other
（通常指肥胖腿短的人或动物）蹒跚而行，摇摇摆摆地走

waddle| American Dictionary

waddle
verb[I]
us
/ˈwɑd·əl/
towalkwithshortsteps,swingingthebodyfrom onesideto the other, like aduck(= abirdwithshortlegsthatlivesbywater)
(Definition ofwaddlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwaddle

waddle
A typically waddling gait can be observed, and women will often support themselves on furniture or rails to reduce weight-bearing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, and smells like a duck, well, you know.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It smelled, waddled and dove for fish like a duck.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There they sit with their searched collars and their white fronts waddling from time to time in the wrong direction.
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If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, the chances are that it is probably a duck.
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The woman will often walk with a waddling gait because she cannot walk normally.
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If it looks like a duck, waddles and quacks, it is probably a duck.
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It was not long before he was making golden legs for them, and they are now all waddling to prosperity on golden crutches.
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When they are disturbed, they willwaddleinto the water and then move through it at fairly high speed.
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He has turned his back and waddled away from them, and he will not be forgiven for doing that.
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A car purchaser should not have towaddlearound the corner to the consumers' council.
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But for the moment why should she be asked to walk before she is really able towaddle.
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There will he no lame ducks waddling around this marketplace!
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It is a very fat bird which has towaddlefor a long way before it can take off.
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Is he not in fact saying that there is a real prospect that this particular duck will be able towaddlealong satisfactorily on both feet?
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