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to walk in a slow and lazy way or with difficulty, dragging your feet along the ground 拖着脚走；蹒跚 The old porter shambled along behind her. 老搬运工在她身后徘徊。 He shambled off into the house. 他溜进了房子。 a shambling gait 蹒跚的脚步 She shambled off towards the stairs. 她朝楼梯走去。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from dialect shamble ‘ungainly’, perhaps from the phrase shamble legs, with reference to the legs of trestle tables (such as would be used in a meat market: see shambles).