| 单词 | schlep |
| 释义 | schlep (once / 129883 pages) vn When you schlep something, you lug or carry it with difficulty. If your taxi can't make it up an icy hill, you might have to schlep your groceries all the way up to your house. If you schlep something, it's either awkward or heavy — or both. You have to pull or drag or tug things when you schlep them. You can also describe an awkward, long, or rough trip as a schlep: "It's such a schlep to get down Grandma's road during mud season." The word has a Yiddish root, shlepen, "to drag," from the Germanic sleifen, also "to drag." WORD FAMILYschlep: schlepped, schlepper, schlepping, schleps+/schlepper: schleppers USAGE EXAMPLES“We schlepped that damn thing everywhere,” Ms. Robinson recollected. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) The day before, Trump schlepped the press corps to his Miami golf course, the Trump National Doral. Washington Post(Oct 26, 2016) “Schlepping my stuff once a week was draining. I needed to feel centered. I needed to feel that living space was mine,” says Ms. Bittman. Wall Street Journal(Oct 26, 2016) 1v pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance Syn|Hypo|Hyper pull along, shlep tow drag behind tugtow (a vessel) with a tug drag pull, as against a resistance 2n a tedious or difficult journey Syn|Hyper shlep journey, journeying the act of traveling from one place to another 3n (Yiddish) an awkward and stupid person Syn|Hyper schlepper, shlep, shlepper simple, simpleton a person lacking intelligence or common sense |
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