| 单词 | waddle |
| 释义 | waddle (once / 3144 pages) vn A duck's walk is a waddle. To imitate it, turn your feet away from each other and take short clumsy steps that make you swing unsteadily from side to side. Ducks aren't the only animals known to waddle. Penguins with their little tiny feet may waddle along the ice, though they move gracefully through the water. If your footing is unsteady, you might waddle a little too as you tread carefully. Don't confuse waddle with wattle. A wattle is the red bit of flesh that hangs from the necks of turkeys and chickens. Wattles waddle back and forth as birds waddle along. WORD FAMILYwaddle: waddled, waddler, waddles, waddling+/waddler: waddlers USAGE EXAMPLESShe waved gaily, from the midst of students and a few parents, then quickly waddled over to us. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) He hates the snow, finds his own waddling ridiculous, and wishes the other penguins would zip it already with the squawking. New York Times(Nov 11, 2016) The only thing worse than the masses of waddling slobs you see everywhere now are the number of elderly fatsos. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) 1v walk unsteadily Syn|Hyper coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, totter walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps 2n walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other ducks walk with a waddle Hyper gait a person's manner of walking |
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