trundle

• n. 滾動；小腳輪
• vt. 使?jié)L動；運送
• vi. 滾動；移動

來自中古英語 trendle,輪子，圈，來自中英語 trendel,小環(huán)，詞源同 trend,河流轉(zhuǎn)彎處，趨勢。 -le,表反復(fù)。引申詞義緩慢而沉重的走。

trundle

trundle: see trend

trundle (n.)

"small wheel to support heavy weights," 1540s (implied in trundle bed "low bed on small wheels"), possibly from Middle English trendle "wheel, suspended hoop" (early 14c.), from Old English trendel "ring, disk" (see trend (v.)). Also probably in part from Old French trondeler "to roll down, fall down," which is of Germanic origin.

trundle (v.)

1590s (transitive), from trundle (n.). Intransitive use from 1620s. Related: Trundled; trundling.

1. A few horse-drawn carts still trundle through the dilapidated mining villages.

幾架馬車仍然在破落的礦村中曲折行進。

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2. Girls trundle in carrying heavy book bags.

背著沉重書包的女孩們慢慢走進來。

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3. Trundle a hoop along.

滾鐵環(huán).

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4. I doubt if Emerson could trundle a wheelbarrow through the streets ( Henry David Thoreau )

我懷疑愛默生是否能把一輛獨輪車推過街道 ( 亨利戴維索羅 )

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5. I am coming !'he shouted, and sailed the trundle - bed boat straight at them.

他叫道, 乘著矮床帆船徑直向星星們駛?cè)?

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