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peddle

verb
🔊/ˈpedl/
🔊/ˈpedl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they peddle
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he / she / it peddles
🔊/ˈpedlz/
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past simple peddled
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past participle peddled
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-ing form peddling
🔊/ˈpedlɪŋ/
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  1. peddle something to try to sell goods by going from house to house or from place to place挨户销售；巡回销售
    • He worked as a door-to-door salesman peddling cloths and brushes.他的工作是上门推销抹布和刷子。🔊🔊
    • to peddle illegal drugs贩卖毒品
  2. peddle something (usually disapproving) to spread an idea or story in order to get people to accept it兜售，宣传，传播（思想、消息）
    • to peddle malicious gossip散布恶意的流言蜚语
    • This line (= publicly stated opinion) is being peddled by all the government spokesmen.所有的政府发言人都在宣扬这个官方路线。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: back-formation from pedlar.