trundle
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they trundle | |
| he / she / it trundles | |
| past simple trundled | |
| past participle trundled | |
| -ing form trundling |
- [intransitive, transitive] trundle (something) + adv./prep.
to move or roll somewhere slowly and noisily; to move something with wheels slowly and noisily, especially something heavy （使缓慢、轰鸣地）移动，滚动 - [intransitive] + adv./prep.
(of a person 人 to walk slowly with heavy steps 沉重缓慢地走
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a small wheel or roller): a parallel formation to obsolete or dialect trendle, trindle ‘revolve’; related to trend.