waddle

英 [ˈwɒdl]

美 [ˈwɑːdl]

v.  (鸭子似地)蹒跚行走，摇摆地行走
n.  摇摆的步子，蹒跚

过去式：waddled　现在分词：waddling　第三人称单数：waddles　过去分词：waddled　复数：waddles　

GRETEM8

BNC.21207 / COCA.17765

牛津词典

verb

• （鸭子似地）蹒跚行走，摇摆地行走
  to walk with short steps, swinging from side to side, like a duck

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹒跚行走;摇摇晃晃地行走
  Towaddlesomewhere means to walk there with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side. A person or animal that waddles usually has short legs and a fat body.
  1. McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window...
     麦金尼斯吃力地从椅子上站起来，摇摇晃晃地走到了窗前。
  2. In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed.
     傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食。

英英释义

noun

• walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
  1. ducks walk with a waddle

verb

• walk unsteadily
  1. small children toddle
  Synonym:toddlecoggletotterdodderpaddle

双语例句

• Crowds packed into this fashion show tend to watch models of their feathered and beaked kind waddle their way down the catwalk.
  人们挤到时装秀台前，就是想目睹身着羽毛的，嘴带喙的“模特们”走猫步。
• The hen has smaller than normal wings, just like a penguin, and she never attempts to fly like other chickens in the coop. Instead, she chooses to waddle.
  它的翅膀像企鹅的那样小，且从来不像鸡舍里别的鸡那样飞，而是摇摇摆摆的的蹒跚而行。
• I'd like to just waddle around for a while.
  我还真想下去溜达一会儿。
• Barmaid Kirsten Jeffs said: 'Locals really look after her and enjoy watching her waddle around the beer garden.'
  酒吧女服务员克里斯汀-杰夫说：当地人真的很照顾这些鸭子，并且喜欢看她们在园区摇摇晃晃地走来走去。
• Zoo officials let the King Penguins waddle around once a week in a bid to ease homesickness and the stress of being in captivity.
  园方每周会让国王企鹅在园内摇摇晃晃地散步一次，希望能纾解企鹅被圈养后的思乡之苦及压力。
• In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed.
  傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食。
• Waddle has made an excellent start to his new career.
  瓦德的新事业起步非常好。
• To waddle a given distance, penguins use twice as much energy as other creatures of the same size use to walk equally far.
  同样一段距离，企鹅以其摇摆的方式来行走，所消耗掉的体能是其他同体型动物的两倍之多。
• McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window
  麦金尼斯吃力地从椅子上站起来，摇摇晃晃地走到了窗前。
• It was very funny the way in which the penguins used to waddle.
  企鹅走路的那样子真是滑稽。