| 释义 |
shaffle, v. dial.|ˈʃæf(ə)l|
[In sense 1 (northern), app. a variant of shauchle v.; sense 2 may be developed from this, or belong to a distinct word, perh. of imitative or symbolic formation: cf. shiffle-shaffle, shiffle vbs. (E.D.D.) and shuffle v.]
1. intr. To shuffle in walking.
[1552: implied in shaffler.] 1781Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 95 Shaffle and Shiffle v. to hobble in walking. 1818Todd, To Shaffle, to move with an awkward or irregular gait; to hobble. Used in the north of England. 1894Northumbld. Gloss., Shaffle, Shaughle, to shuffle in walking.
2. a. To work or move in a lazy fashion; to be undecided in plan or action; to vacillate, delay.
[1703implied in shaffles.] 1828[Carr] Craven Gloss., Shaffle..to do things ineffectually. 1873R. Ferguson Dial. Cumbld. 121 Shaffle, to be undecided, to vacillate. 1890Sheffield Gloss., Shaffle, to move in a lazy way; to delay, to put off.
b. ‘To retreat from a bargain or engagement, make excuses, prevaricate’ (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1781Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 95 Shaffle,..also to act unfairly. 1866J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincolnsh. 178 Don't shaffle with me.
Hence ˈshaffler, one who ‘shaffles’; ˈshaffles, a bungler, shiftless person.
1552Huloet, Shaffler with his fete whych fayleth in going, atta. 1703Thoresby in Ray Philos. Lett. (1718) 336 A Shaffles, a Bungler. 1828[Carr] Craven Gloss., Shaffler, one who walks lame. 2. A bungler in business. 1885Hall Caine Shadow of Crime xxiv, Or mayhap ye'll ask yon shaffles, yer father. |