peddle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
    — My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
  2. To sell illegal narcotics.
    — - How much you think this stuff is worth? - Yeah, there must be a million bucks' worth. - Think we could peddle it? - Oh, you can always get rid of it.
  3. To spread or cause to spread. derogatory,figuratively
    — Christine walked a dangerous line, peddling gossip about her detested son-in-law.

词形变化

peddles present,singular,third-person peddling participle,present peddled participle,past peddled past

词汇关系

衍生词
peddle one's ass peddlesome repeddle unpeddled
相关词
peddler pedlar peddling

词源

Back-formation from pedlar. (Compare burgle from burglar.)
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