trundle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trun·dle /ˈtrʌndl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] PUSHto move slowly along on wheels, or to make something do this by pushing or pulling it (使)慢慢地移动[滚动] Two large wagons trundled by. 两辆大马车缓缓驶过。→ See Verb table
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trundle• Only four were over a hundred miles in diameter; the vast majority were merely giant boulders, trundling aimlessly through space.• The porters were trundling barrows loaded with vegetables into the market.• This will be easily demonstrated by watching one of these lorries trundling down the Ormeau Road and through the centre of town.• A steady stream of shoppers trundled from store to store.• Soon after he spoke, army trucks began to trundle into Jerusalem and numerous soldiers appeared on the streets.• It's been a long day of trundling past an infinity of fir trees, and photographer Ridgers has hardly survived it.• The soldiers trundled the massive gun carriage along the road.• Mothers trundled their children down the sidewalk in strollers.• They passed two little girls trundling their iron hoops over the pavement.Origin trundle (1500-1600) trundle “small wheel” ((16-21 centuries)), from trendle “circle, ring, wheel” ((11-17 centuries)), from Old English trendeltrun·dle verbChineseSyllable
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trundle
trun‧dle /ˈtrʌndl/
verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
Two large wagons trundled by.
trun‧dle /ˈtrʌndl/
verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: trundle 'small wheel' (16-21 centuries), from trendle 'circle, ring, wheel' (11-17 centuries), from Old English trendel
to move slowly along on wheels, or to make something do this by pushing or pulling it:Origin: trundle 'small wheel' (16-21 centuries), from trendle 'circle, ring, wheel' (11-17 centuries), from Old English trendel
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