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单词 trundle
释义 trun·dle
I. \ˈtrəndəl, ÷ -nəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: alteration of trendle
1.
 a. : a small wheel or roller
  < the tip end of the nozzle rolls along on a freewheeling little trundleNew Yorker >
 b. : circlet, hoop
  < the circular rampart being like a hoop or trundle — Jacquetta & Christopher Hawkes >
 c. : a small vertical pin in the action of an organ stop for transmitting motion from the stop knob to the trace
2.
 a. : lantern pinion
 b. : any of the bars of such a trundle
3. : a low-wheeled cart or truck
II. verb
(trundled ; trundled ; trundling \-n(d)(ə)liŋ\ ; trundles)
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to propel by causing to rotate : bowl, roll
  < trundled a new tire through the sand — Vicki Baum >
 b. archaic : to cause to revolve : spin
  < attains the same result by trundling the glass during reheating — H.J.Powell >
 especially : to remove water from (a mop) by twirling
2.
 a. : to transport in a wheeled vehicle : haul, wheel
  < the local bus … trundling its load — Adrian Bell >
  < was put into a wheelchair and trundled down to the hospital library — Ben Benson >
  < trundled wheelbarrows of dirt — R.A.Billington >
 b. : to cause to move on trundles : convey, push
  < machines … are trundled around on ball-bearing turntables — Bryan Morgan >
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to progress by revolving
  < start a barrel trundling down a chute >
 b. : bowl 4
2.
 a. : to move on or as if on wheels : roll
  < rickety old vehicles … trundle from city to city with loads of chickens — New York Times >
  < the tram trundled away from them — Richard Blaker >
  < heaped-up cloud towers were trundling across the heavens — Eugene Walter >
 b. : to ride in a wheeled vehicle : travel
  < called a taxi and trundled down to the offices — Dorothy Sayers >
  < trundling off aboard a suburban bus — Bennett Cerf >
 c. : to move ponderously : churn, lumber
  < a battery had trundled into position … and was thoughtfully shelling the distance — Stephen Crane >
3. : to move or go at a constant rate especially with a rolling gait
 < a moving bundle of brush, he trundled away into the thicket — Margaret Peattie >
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