trundle
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent 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.