trudge

Word family

trudge /trʌdʒ/ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]

WALKto walk with slow heavy steps, especially because you are tired or it is difficult to walk 〔尤指因疲倦而〕艰难地走，步履沉重地走

We trudged home through the snow.

我们艰难地穿过雪地走回了家。

► see thesaurus at walk

—trudge noun [singular]

the long trudge back up the hill

回到山上的长途跋涉

Examples from the Corpus

trudge• As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other.• Corbett trudged down the beaten, muddy track; the sky was overcast and a light rain began to fall.• He trudged forward doggedly, blinking the ice from his eyelashes.• In many places the thaw was complete, and he trudged through mud.• The fisherman trudged to the sea once more, spoke, and the flounder granted the wish.• With a little grin, she began trudging up the lane.• Reva Bergen trudged up the steep walk, burdened with grocery sacks.• Father Gannon trudged upstairs and flopped down on his hard bed.

Origin trudge

(1500-1600) Perhaps copying the action

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