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单词 waddle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wad•dle /ˈwɑdəl/USA pronunciation   v., -dled, -dling, n. 
v. [no object]
  1. to walk with short steps, swaying from side to side in the manner of a duck.

n. [countable]
  1. a waddling way of walking.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wad•dle  (wodl),USA pronunciation v., -dled, -dling, n. 
v.i. 
  1. to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
  2. to move in any similar, slow, rocking manner;
    wobble:The ship waddled into port.

n. 
  1. an act or instance of waddling, esp. a waddling gait.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English; see wade, -le; compare German watteln
waddler, n. 
waddling•ly, adv. 
waddly, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
waddle /ˈwɒdəl/ vb (intransitive)
  1. to walk with short steps, rocking slightly from side to side
n
  1. a swaying gait or motion
Etymology: 16th Century: probably frequentative of wade

ˈwaddler n ˈwaddling adj
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