shamble

🇬🇧 UK/'ʃæmbl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To walk slowly and awkwardly, shuffling or dragging the feet

蹒跚而行,拖着脚走

n.

A slow, shuffling, awkward walk

蹒跚,拖步

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
shambleother
=shamble

Common Collocations

  • 1.shamble along拖着脚步走
  • 2.shamble into蹒跚走入
  • 3.[shamble forward]踉跄向前
  • 4.shamble off拖着步子离开

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The exhausted soldier shambled back to camp after the long march.

  • 2.

    He shambled into the kitchen in his slippers, still half asleep.

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