请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 to shamble along
释义

> as lemmas

to shamble along
a. intransitive. To go with an awkward ungainly gait, to walk awkwardly or unsteadily, usually with adverb as to shamble along.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk awkwardly
shail?a1400
scamble1633
shamble1681
trollopa1745
staup1788
shammock?1857
1681 [implied in: J. Dryden Spanish Fryar i. i. 12 By that shambling in his walk, it should be my rich old Banquer, Gomez. (at shambling n.)].
1690 [implied in: J. Dryden Amphitryon ii. i. 16 One pair of shambling Legs, with two splay Feet. (at shambling adj. 1a)].
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse v. 101 A long, loose, shambling sort of a Horse.
1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 501 The heedless Lout comes shambling on.
1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. i. 233 Dossennus slip-shod shambles o'er the Scene.
a1771 T. Gray Jemmy Twitcher in Gentleman's Mag. (1782) lii. 39 He shambles and straddles so oddly.
1798 M. Pilkington Gentleman's Dict. Painters (new ed.) 791 [Francis Heyman is] easily distinguishable by the large noses and shambling legs of his figures.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 208 A shambling pot-boy.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxiv. 249 Jinks..shambled to a seat, and proceeded to write it down.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 327 Who..made a great many shambling bows.
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. xlix. 54 Every morning he shambled across from the deanery to the cathedral.
1880 A. H. Huth Life & Writings H. T. Buckle II. 72 His gait was stooping, and his walk rather shambling.
1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 83 He turned and shambled down the passage.
extracted from shamblev.2
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/28 23:29:10