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shuffle

verb
🔊/ˈʃʌfl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shuffle
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he / she / it shuffles
🔊/ˈʃʌflz/
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past simple shuffled
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past participle shuffled
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-ing form shuffling
🔊/ˈʃʌflɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground拖着脚走
    • He shuffled across the room to the window.他拖着脚走到房间那头的窗户跟前。🔊🔊
    • The line shuffled forward a little.队列往前挪了挪。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them.西蒙笨拙地拖着脚朝他们走去。
    • She spent her day shuffling around the streets of London.她整日在伦敦的街道上闲逛。
    • The man shuffled off into the night.那人洗了个夜。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • quickly
    • slowly
    • awkwardly
    • …
    preposition
    • across
    • down
    • into
    • …
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  2. [transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to move from one foot to another, especially because you are bored, nervous or embarrassed （笨拙或尴尬地）把脚动来动去；坐立不安
    • Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame.珍妮来回倒换着脚，羞愧得脸红了。🔊🔊
    • The boys shuffled around uncomfortably.男孩们不安地动来动去。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • nervously
    • uncomfortably
    • uneasily
    • …
    phrases
    • shuffle from foot to foot
    • shuffle from one foot to the other
    • shuffle in your chair
    • …
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  3. [transitive, intransitive] shuffle (something) to mix cards up in a pack of playing cards before playing a game洗（牌）
    • Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player.洗洗牌，然后给每人发七张。🔊🔊
    • I shuffled the deck, then pulled a card out from the middle.我洗了副牌，然后从中间抽出一张卡片。
    • Whose turn is it to shuffle?该轮到谁洗牌?
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  4. [transitive] shuffle something to move paper or things into different positions or a different order把（纸张等）变换位置，打乱次序
    • I shuffled the documents on my desk.我胡乱翻动桌上的文件。🔊🔊
    • Don't worry, I should be able to shuffle some of the classes around.不用担心，我应该能够改组一些课程。
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to shove and scuffle.

shuffle

noun
🔊/ˈʃʌfl/
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  1. a slow walk in which you take small steps and do not lift your feet completely off the ground拖着脚走
    • The old man walked with a shuffle.老人走来走去。
    • There was a shuffle of feet as the room emptied.房间排空了，脚步轻弹。
  2. the act of mixing cards before a card game洗牌
    • Give the cards a good shuffle.把牌好好洗一洗。🔊🔊
    Topics Games and toysc2
  3. a type of dancing in which you take small steps and do not lift your feet completely off the ground曳步舞
  4. (also reshuffle)
     a change in the jobs that a group of people do, for example in a government
    5. Word Originmid 16th cent.: perhaps from Low German schuffeln ‘walk clumsily’, also ‘deal dishonestly, shuffle (cards)’, of Germanic origin; related to shove and scuffle.
Idioms
lose somebody/something in the shuffle
  1. [usually passive] (North American English) to not notice somebody/something or pay attention to somebody/something because of a confusing situation在混乱中没有注意到；忽略；遗失
    • Middle children tend to get lost in the shuffle.排行居中的子女往往得不到充分的关注。🔊🔊
on shuffle
  1. (of pieces of music stored on a music player or music app) not in any special order随机播放
    • I use my phone's music app on shuffle.我在随机播放中使用手机的音乐应用程序。
    • The song came up on shuffle.这首歌随机播放。
    • You can put your whole music collection on shuffle.您可以将整个音乐收藏集随机播放。