单词 | shuffle |
释义 | shuffle v. & n. --v   1. tr. & intr. move with a scraping, sliding, or dragging motion (shuffles along; shuffling his feet).   2. tr. a (also absol.) rearrange (a pack of cards) by sliding them over each other quickly. b rearrange; intermingle; confuse (shuffled the documents).   3. tr. (usu. foll. by on, off, into) assume or remove (clothes, a burden, etc.) esp. clumsily or evasively (shuffled on his clothes; shuffled off responsibility).   4. intr. a equivocate; prevaricate. b continually shift one's position; fidget.   5. intr. (foll. by out of) escape evasively (shuffled out of the blame). --n   1. a shuffling movement.   2. the act or an instance of shuffling cards.   3. a general change of relative positions.   4. a piece of equivocation; sharp practice.   5. a quick scraping movement of the feet in dancing (see also double shuffle). Phrases and idioms shuffle-board = SHOVELBOARD. shuffle the cards change policy etc. Derivatives shuffler n. Etymology: perh. f. LG schuffeln walk clumsily f. Gmc: cf. SHOVE |
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