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shuffling

/shuhf-ling/US // ˈʃʌf lɪŋ //

摇摆不定,趿拉着鞋,洗牌,趿拉着鞋子

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
    • : prevaricating; evasive.

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Examples

  • Starliner’s road to the ISS has been a $5 billion, multiyear journey plagued more recently by software issues, a management shuffling, a failed first launch attempt and a NASA probe.

  • It’s likely that the 4a, 4a 5G and 5 were already pretty far into development when Google started its executive shuffling.

  • Now the editorial team is 25% people of color—“I needed certain lieutenants in place,” he says—and similar shufflings are being called for over at Condé Nast in New York.

  • SARS-CoV-2 is not the result of genetic shuffling among known coronaviruses, the researchers report July 28 in Nature Microbiology.

  • Today we are seeing yet another shuffling of the deck among American regions.

  • Then, shuffling, she surreptitiously grabs the one he chose with her mouth while pretending to cut the deck.

  • In Singapore, I was a Brady at last, shuffling alongside an endless stream of siblings.

  • Shuffling around the ring he has the footwork of a tyrannosaurus.

  • More shuffling, another number was called and the cops began bundling the little man out.

  • He turned and hurried away to one of the far cottages, where Mademoiselle Reisz was shuffling away.

  • The Wave swept him forward irresistibly, his very soul, it seemed, went shuffling to find solid ground.

  • Gradually the muffled beat of hoofs grew more pronounced, a shuffling monotone that filled the night.

  • Shorthouse, shuffling with the key and hampered by the steady weight on his arm, certainly felt the solemnity of the moment.

  • The corridors were full of the sound of shuffling feet, and of shouting and gesticulating people.