waddle

英 [ˈwɒdl]

美 [ˈwɑːdl]

v.  (鸭子似地)蹒跚行走，摇摆地行走
n.  摇摆的步子，蹒跚

过去式：waddled　现在分词：waddling　第三人称单数：waddles　过去分词：waddled　复数：waddles　

GRETEM8

BNC.21207 / COCA.17765

牛津词典

verb

• （鸭子似地）蹒跚行走，摇摆地行走
  to walk with short steps, swinging from side to side, like a duck

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹒跚行走;摇摇晃晃地行走
  Towaddlesomewhere means to walk there with short, quick steps, swinging slightly from side to side. A person or animal that waddles usually has short legs and a fat body.
  1. McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window...
     麦金尼斯吃力地从椅子上站起来，摇摇晃晃地走到了窗前。
  2. In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed.
     傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食。

英英释义

noun

• walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
  1. ducks walk with a waddle

verb

• walk unsteadily
  1. small children toddle
  Synonym:toddlecoggletotterdodderpaddle

双语例句

• To waddle a given distance, penguins use twice as much energy as other creatures of the same size use to walk equally far.
  同样一段距离，企鹅以其摇摆的方式来行走，所消耗掉的体能是其他同体型动物的两倍之多。
• Barmaid Kirsten Jeffs said: 'Locals really look after her and enjoy watching her waddle around the beer garden.'
  酒吧女服务员克里斯汀-杰夫说：当地人真的很照顾这些鸭子，并且喜欢看她们在园区摇摇晃晃地走来走去。
• McGinnis pushed himself laboriously out of the chair and waddled to the window
  麦金尼斯吃力地从椅子上站起来，摇摇晃晃地走到了窗前。
• The hen has smaller than normal wings, just like a penguin, and she never attempts to fly like other chickens in the coop. Instead, she chooses to waddle.
  它的翅膀像企鹅的那样小，且从来不像鸡舍里别的鸡那样飞，而是摇摇摆摆的的蹒跚而行。
• It was very funny the way in which the penguins used to waddle.
  企鹅走路的那样子真是滑稽。
• In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed.
  傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食。
• I go for a waddle and do stretches and exercises every day.
  我每天都会出去散散步，做做伸展运动。
• At times he could swear that the young one took a sadistic joy in making him leap up and waddle for the garderobe as quickly as his legs could carry him.
  每逢这时他都会赌咒发誓，这小子一定从他跳起来尽可能迅速的带着他蹒跚地奔向厕所中获得了施虐的快感。
• Zoo officials let the King Penguins waddle around once a week in a bid to ease homesickness and the stress of being in captivity.
  园方每周会让国王企鹅在园内摇摇晃晃地散步一次，希望能纾解企鹅被圈养后的思乡之苦及压力。
• The funniest feature of the penguin is, no doubt, its walk, or "waddle." But it is this waddle that allows penguins to tolerate their bitterly cold habitat.
  企鹅最有趣的一项特征，莫过于他们走路的方式，或者说他们“摇摆行走”的样子。但正是靠着这种摇摇摆摆的样子，企鹅才得以承受其栖息地的酷寒气候。