waddle

noun
🔊/ˈwɒdl/
🔊/ˈwɑːdl/
[singular]
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  1. a way of walking with short steps, moving your body from side to side, like a duck(鸭子似的)蹒跚行走,摇摆地行走
    • She walked with a waddle.她走起路来步履蹒跚。🔊🔊

waddle

verb
🔊/ˈwɒdl/
🔊/ˈwɑːdl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they waddle
🔊/ˈwɒdl/
🔊/ˈwɑːdl/
he / she / it waddles
🔊/ˈwɒdlz/
🔊/ˈwɑːdlz/
past simple waddled
🔊/ˈwɒdld/
🔊/ˈwɑːdld/
past participle waddled
🔊/ˈwɒdld/
🔊/ˈwɑːdld/
-ing form waddling
🔊/ˈwɒdlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈwɑːdlɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to walk with short steps, moving your body from side to side, like a duck(鸭子似的)蹒跚行走,摇摆地行走
    • A short plump man came waddling towards me.一个矮矮胖胖的男人向我蹒跚走来。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryWaddle is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • duck
    • goose
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: perhaps a frequentative of wade.