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单词 shambled
释义

shamble

verb

sham·​ble ˈsham-bəl How to pronounce shamble (audio)
shambled; shambling ˈsham-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce shamble (audio)

intransitive verb

: to walk awkwardly with dragging feet : shuffle
shamble noun

Synonyms

  • barge
  • clump
  • flog [British]
  • flounder
  • galumph
  • lumber
  • lump
  • plod
  • pound
  • scuff
  • scuffle
  • shuffle
  • slog
  • slough
  • stamp
  • stomp
  • stumble
  • stump
  • tramp
  • tromp
  • trudge
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Example Sentences

He shambled into the room. disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room
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Word History

Etymology

shamble bowed, malformed

First Known Use

1717, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

shamble

verb

sham·​ble ˈsham-bəl How to pronounce shamble (audio)
shambled; shambling
: to walk in an awkward unsteady way

shambled

verb

past tense of shamble
as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shuffled
  • stumbled
  • stomped
  • lurched
  • trudged
  • barged
  • tramped
  • plodded
  • sloughed
  • weaved
  • lumbered
  • dragged
  • floundered
  • clumped
  • galumphed
  • staggered
  • scuffled
  • hauled
  • slogged
  • stamped
  • scuffed
  • tromped
  • pounded
  • lumped
  • stumped
  • tottered
  • waddled
  • flopped
  • swayed
  • flogged
  • teetered
  • careened
  • doddered
  • reeled
  • blundered
  • wobbled
  • wabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • slid
  • glided
  • waltzed
  • drifted
  • whisked
  • coasted
  • floated
  • hung
  • breezed
  • hovered
  • wafted
  • hanged
  • poised
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