单词 | trudge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | trudgetrudge /trʌdʒ/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin WORD ORIGINtrudge Verb TableOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps copying the actionVERB TABLE trudge
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Thesaurus
THESAURUSto walk slowly► trudge Collocations to walk in a slow tired way because it is difficult to continue walking, or you do not want to go somewhere: · The men trudged along the road, heads bent against the wind.· I’ve spent hours trudging around the shops looking for a present. ► plod to walk slowly in a tired way – often used about a horse, donkey etc: · The donkey was plodding slowly along under its heavy load.· I plodded on growing thirstier and hungrier. ► shuffle to walk very slowly and noisily without lifting your feet off the ground: · The old man got up and shuffled to the door. Longman Language Activatorto walk slowly because you are tired► trudge/plod to walk slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired, it is difficult to walk, or you do not want to go somewhere: trudge/plod through/back/along etc: · She trudged back up the hill, loaded down with heavy bags of groceries.· We trudged to school through the snow, wishing we could be playing in it.· The donkey was plodding slowly along under its heavy load. ► traipse to walk a long way, especially when you are looking for something or visiting different places, so that you become tired: traipse around/about/in and out etc: · We traipsed around every store in town, trying to find the right color paint.· Traipsing round museums all day is not my idea of fun. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► along to walk with slow heavy steps, especially because you are tired or it is difficult to walk: We trudged home through the snow.► see thesaurus at walk—trudge noun [singular]: the long trudge back up the hill· They trudged along the Overclyst road for perhaps half a mile, and then turned down a lane on the left.· Windows repeat themselves in a monotonous rhythm that is continued by the people trudging along.· He trudges along there on a Sunday, in hat, tie, dark suit.· The other nomes trudged along in weary silence.· His tailpiece, most aptly, is Eric Gill's woodcut of an infantryman trudging along his Via Dolorosa.· He always looked tired and sad as he trudged along the streets.· Others trudged along in wellingtons, a bulging canvas bag in each hand. ► back· Fighting the wind, she begins the trudge back to ex-banker's bungalow.· She saw her father trudging back from the pigsty toward the house.· He could only trudge back into the narrow dark.· I trudged back upstairs and lay down in the dark.· Drizzling rain soaked Hodgesaargh as he trudged back to the castle.· When the sun got red we trudged back together.· When we were convinced Robert had definitely gone the three of us trudged back up the field.· I trudged back up to the cabin and reluctantly went to bed. ► home· Henry trudged home through a cold drizzle feeling lonely, let-down, and bitterly disappointed.· Naked, dark with misery, the youth trudged home.· Corbett relaxed, the thoroughfare was busy as carts, traders and farmers trudged home.· We trudged home at dusk when the city glows in burnished tones of copper and terra cotta.· I trudged home thinking about my day. ► off· The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre.· As Riker and I trudged off to find our tents, his voice faded to silence.· He put down his glass of tea, lifted the rifle to his shoulder and trudged off into the debris.· At about two o'clock, we picked up our packs and trudged off.· I trudge off the platform on to the exit gantry and look below.· He trudged off miserably down jubilee Road with the cold rain dripping from his ear lobes.· Watching Ferdinand trudge off dejectedly at the end, it was hard not to feel sorry for him. ► on· They trudged on again, their feet following a vein of beaten earth under the thickness of the heather.· Throughout all of this, Barrington has quietly trudged on because nobody else would.· Presently he trudged on, alone and wretched.· She wrenched off her coat while Tod trudged on up, and she came pounding after him.· He thrust his gloved hands in his pockets and trudged on, his face closed and looking inward.· He trudged on, stopped at a tavern, and ordered a drink; then another. ► up· He said it aloud to himself as he trudged up the stairs.· Reva Bergen trudged up the steep walk, burdened with grocery sacks.· With a little grin, she began trudging up the lane.· He used the side entrance, on Lafayette, and trudged up the stairs to the second floor.· I have to admit grudgingly that this is interesting, and I trudge up the path with Tony just behind.· Then she patted her hair, as though that might make it behave itself and we all trudged up the beach.· Billy Gorman trudged up the long path to the kitchen garden and the back of the house.· I trudge up the High Street and pay no attention at first to the sirens. |
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