shamble

C2 ★☆☆☆☆

vi. 蹒跚地走, 摇摇晃晃地走, 摇晃不稳 n. 蹒跚

发音

US /ˈʃæmbl̩/

词形变化

shambles 复数 shambled shambles 三单 shambles shambling shambling 现在分词 shambled 过去式 shambled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.

    商务 采矿
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet.

    I wasn't too impressed with the fellow, when he shambled in unenthusiastically and an hour late.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

shuffle shuffling shambling

上位词 2

walk walking
动词

同义词 2

shuffle scuffle

上位词 1

walk

下位词 2

drag scuff

词源

From Middle English schambyll, shamyll, schamel, from Old English sċeamol, scamol (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil, from Proto-Germanic *skamulaz, *skamilaz, from Latin scamellum, a variant of scabellum (“footstool”). Cognate with Dutch schemel (“footstool, bench”), German Schemel (“stool”), Danish skammel (“stool”). Icelandic skemill (“footstool”).

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