shuffle
US: /ˈʃəfəɫ/
UK: /ʃˈʌfəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
shuffle /'ʃʌfl/- danh từ
- sự kéo lê chân
- (đánh bài) sự xáo bài; lượt xáo bài
- sự xáo trộn
- sự ăn nói mập mờ; sự thoái thác; hành động lẩn tránh; hành động lừa dối
- động từ
- lê (chân); lê chân
- (đánh bài) xáo, trang (bài); xáo bài, trang bài
- xáo trộn, trộn lẫn
- bỏ, đổ, trút (trách nhiệm)
- to shuffle off responsibility upon others: trút trách nhiệm cho những người khác
- (+ on) lúng túng mặc vội vào; (+ off) lúng túng cởi vội ra
- to shuffle on one's clothes: lúng túng mặc vội quần áo vào
- to shuffle off one's clothes: lúng túng cởi vội quần áo ra
- luôn luôn đổi chỗ, luôn luôn xê dịch
- thay đổi ý kiến, dao động
- tìm cách thoái thác, tìm cách lẩn tránh; lừa dối
- to shuffle the cards
- (nghĩa bóng) thay đổi con bài, đổi chính sách
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun+ verb
1 [V +adv./prep.] to walk slowly without lifting your feet completely off the ground: He shuffled across the room to the window. + The line shuffled forward a little.
2 to move from one foot to another; to move your feet in an awkward or embarrassed way: [VN] Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame. [also V]
3 to mix cards up in a pack/deck of playing cards before playing a game: [VN] Shuffle the cards and deal out seven to each player. [also V]
4 [VN] to move paper or things into different positions or a different order: I shuffled the documents on my desk.
+ noun [usually sing.]
1 a slow walk in which you take small steps and do not lift your feet completely off the ground: The old man walked with a shuffle. + There was a shuffle of feet as the room emptied.
2 the act of mixing cards before a card game: Give the cards a good shuffle.
3 (rare) = RESHUFFLE(also less frequent shuffle) + verb
to change around the jobs that a group of people do, for example in the British Government: [VN] The Prime Minister eventually decided against reshuffling the Cabinet. [also V]
reshuffle noun: a Cabinet reshuffle
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 mix (up), intermix, disarrange, rearrange, interfile, intersperse, jumble, confuse; shift (about), mess up, turn topsy-turvy, scatter, disorganize:
I shall cut the cards after you have shuffled them. Osbert shuffled the papers on his desk.
2 scuff or drag (one's feet), scrape along, shamble:
The boy shuffled into the headmaster's office, guilt written all over his face
3 equivocate, hem and haw, bumble, shift, cavil, fence, be evasive or shifty, dodge, niggle, split hairs, quibble, prevaricate, Brit hum and haw, Colloq waffle:
The suspect shuffled when asked the names of his accomplices.
n.
4 shamble, shambling, scuffling, scraping:
Whenever he was lying, he did a funny little shuffle with his feet.
5 sidestep, evasion, subterfuge, trick, dodge, shift, prevarication, quibble, shuffling:
Tell me what you've done with the money - and no shuffle!
Collocation
1 walk by sliding your feet along
ADV.
awkwardly, slowly
Simon shuffled awkwardly towards them.
| along, away, forward, out, off, over
The queue shuffled slowly forward.
PREP.
across, down, into, out of, towards, etc.
2 move your body/feet around
ADV.
nervously, uncomfortably, uneasily
She shuffled nervously on the bench.
| about, around
The boys shuffled around uncomfortably.
PHRASES
shuffle in your chair/seat
Concise dictionary
shuffles|shuffled|shuffling'ʃʌflnoun
+the act of mixing cards haphazardly
+walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
verb
+walk by dragging one's feet
+move about, move back and forth
+mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
