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toddle

verb
🔊/ˈtɒdl/
🔊/ˈtɑːdl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they toddle
🔊/ˈtɒdl/
🔊/ˈtɑːdl/
he / she / it toddles
🔊/ˈtɒdlz/
🔊/ˈtɑːdlz/
past simple toddled
🔊/ˈtɒdld/
🔊/ˈtɑːdld/
past participle toddled
🔊/ˈtɒdld/
🔊/ˈtɑːdld/
-ing form toddling
🔊/ˈtɒdlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈtɑːdlɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] when a young child who has just learnt to walk toddles, he/she walks with short, unsteady steps（幼儿学步时）摇摇摆摆地走，蹒跚行走
    • I have to watch him all the time now that he’s toddling.现在他要蹒跚学步，我必须一直看着他。
    Topics Life stagesc2
  2. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to walk or go somewhere步行；去
    • She toddles down to the park most afternoons.多数下午她都溜达着去公园。🔊🔊
    • I locked the door and then toddled off to bed.我锁上房门，然后就上床睡觉去了。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.