To shamble is to walk slowly and awkwardly, barely lifting your feet. The walk looks loose and heavy: the knees do not spring, the shoes scrape, and the body seems a little behind the legs.

To shamble is to就是 walk slowly and awkwardly慢慢地、笨拙地走，barely lifting your feet腳幾乎抬不起來。The walk看起來 looks loose and heavy鬆散又沉重：the knees do not spring膝蓋沒有彈性，the shoes scrape鞋子拖著地，and the body seems而身體好像 a little behind the legs稍微落後雙腳一點。

People shamble when they are very tired, weak, ill, or just not bothering to walk well. It is not a proud walk and not a fast one.

People人們 shamble會這樣走 when they are很累、很虛弱、生病 very tired, weak, ill，or just not bothering to walk well或只是懶得好好走路。It is not它不是 a proud walk挺拔的走法 and not也不是 a fast one快的走法。

In books you also meet it with figures that move like the living dead — the same dragging, careless steps. You can talk of someone coming shambling in, or of a shamble as the walk itself, but the verb is the usual form.

In books在書裡 you also meet it你也會看到它 with figures用在那些像活死人一樣移動的角色身上 that move like the living dead — the same dragging, careless steps同樣拖著腳、漫不經心的步伐。You can talk of你可以說 someone coming shambling in某人蹣跚走進來，or of a shamble as the walk itself或把shamble當成名詞指那走路方式本身，but the verb但動詞形式 is the usual form是最常見的用法。

Though actually, everyday English often prefers shuffle or drag your feet; shamble sounds a bit more like a story.

Though actually不過其實，everyday English日常英文 often prefers更常用 shuffle or drag your feet「拖著腳走(shuffle)」或「drag your feet」，shamble而shamble sounds a bit more like a story聽起來比較像故事裡的用詞。

It is not a moral word. A person who shambles is not ashamed; they are just moving badly.

It is not它不是 a moral word帶道德評判的詞。A person who shambles一個shamble著走路的人 is not並不是 ashamed感到羞恥；they are just他們只是 moving badly走得不好而已。

And it is not scramble, which is quick and messy. Shamble is slow and messy.

And it is not而且它不是 scramble那個快又亂的scramble，which is quick and messy那個字是快又亂。Shamble而shamble is slow and messy則是慢又亂。