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单词 peddling
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ped•dling  (ped′ling),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. trifling;
    paltry;
    piddling.
  • peddle + -ing2 1590–1600
ped′dling•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ped•dle /ˈpɛdəl/USA pronunciation   v., -dled, -dling. 
  1. to go with or carry (goods, esp. small articles) from place to place for sale;
    hawk: [~ + object]peddling some useless medicine.[no object]peddling on the Lower East Side.
  2. to deal out or attempt to spread:[~ + object]to peddle radical ideas.
ped•dler, n. [countable]See -ped1-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ped•dle  (ped′l),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling. 
v.t. 
  1. to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail;
    hawk.
  2. to deal out, distribute, or dispense, esp. in small quantities:to peddle radical ideas.
  3. Drugsto sell (drugs) illicitly.

v.i. 
  1. to go from place to place with goods, wares, etc., for sale at retail.
  2. to occupy oneself with trifles;
    trifle.
  • 1525–35; apparently back formation from peddler; in def. 4, reinforced by piddle

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
peddle /ˈpɛdəl/ vb
  1. to go from place to place selling (goods, esp small articles)
  2. (transitive) to sell (illegal drugs, esp narcotics)
  3. (transitive) to advocate (ideas) persistently or importunately: to peddle a new philosophy
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from pedlar
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