waddle是什么意思，waddle怎么用
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waddle
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📰 外刊例句
The depressive Misha waddles around their small flat, holding up a mirror to his saviour’s own bleak life. 抑郁的米沙在他们的小公寓里摇摇摆摆地四处走着，举着一面镜子映照着它的拯救者自身的凄凉生活。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion
[动词] 迈着小步笨拙地摆动着走
💡 深入解读
Waddle 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的coddle
cuddle
huddle
fiddle
muddle
straddle
peddle
meddle等有着相同结尾的单词，可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， waddle 一词最早出现于16世纪90年代，是单词wade的重复体，主要用来表示鸭子或企鹅似地“蹒跚行走、摇摇摆摆地行走”，常用来形容身胖腿短的人或动物迈着小步笨拙地摆动着走
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended.伊罗步履蹒跚地走近，肚子鼓胀凸出。
In the evenings, ducks waddle up to the front door to be fed.傍晚时分，鸭子们摇摇摆摆地来到前门进食。
用作名词时， waddle 则相应表示“蹒跚、摇摇摆摆的行走”以及“蹒跚的步态（gait
📚 名著用例
Hands still clamped over his buttocks, he waddled as fast as he could into the kitchen. 他用双手紧紧护住屁股，跌跌撞撞地尽快冲进厨房。
— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第四本《哈利·波特与火焰杯》（ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- toddle: (of a young child) move with short unsteady steps while learning to walk
- dodder: move in a
- feeble
- or unsteady way, especially because of old age
- wobble: move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side
