单词 | trundle |
释义 | trundle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtrundletrun‧dle /ˈtrʌndl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]PUSHto move slowly along on wheels, or to make something do this by pushing or pulling it Two large wagons trundled by.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustrundle• Only four were over a hundred miles in diameter; the vast majority were merely giant boulders, trundling aimlessly through space.• The porters were trundling barrows loaded with vegetables into the market.• This will be easily demonstrated by watching one of these lorries trundling down the Ormeau Road and through the centre of town.• A steady stream of shoppers trundled from store to store.• It's been a long day of trundling past an infinity of fir trees, and photographer Ridgers has hardly survived it.• Mothers trundled their children down the sidewalk in strollers.• They passed two little girls trundling their iron hoops over the pavement.Origin trundle (1500-1600) trundle “small wheel” ((16-21 centuries)), from trendle “circle, ring, wheel” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English trendel |
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