no obj., with adverbial of direction
- (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait蹒跚, 踉跄：
he shambled off down the corridor
他沿着走廊踉跄而去
as adj. shambling a big, shambling, shy man一个走起路来一摇一摆、怕羞的大个子男人。
词源
late 16th cent.: probably from dialect shamble 'ungainly', perhaps from the phrase shamble legs, with reference to the legs of trestle tables （such as would be used in a meat market:see SHAMBLES）.