基本词汇
v.蹒跚;摇摇欲坠
形容词: tottery 名词: totterer 过去式: tottered 过去分词: tottered 现在分词: tottering 第三人称单数: totters
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verb
1. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
Synonym: teeterseesaw
2. walk unsteadily
e.g. small children toddle
Synonym: toddlecoggledodderpaddlewaddle
3. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
e.g. The drunk man tottered over to our table
1. 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
e.g. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
他踉跄地走到冰箱前,拿出一瓶啤酒,一屁股坐在桌边。
e.g. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
宝宝开始只是爬,后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
2. 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
e.g. The property market is tottering.
房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
e.g. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评
1. totter
1. 蹒跚:Reel蹒跚 | Totter蹒跚 | Unsteady不稳定的
2. 软弱无力,摇摇晃晃地行走:dawdle (浪费时间地)过慢地行走 | totter 软弱无力,摇摇晃晃地行走 | toddle 幼儿学步般地走;随便走走
3. 摇摇欲坠:asunder 分散,碎裂 | totter 摇摇欲坠 | sash 窗框格
4. 因软弱无力而摇摇晃晃地行走. 例如:The man staggered across the room.那人蹒跚地走过房间. | 10. totter:因软弱无力而摇摇晃晃地行走. 例如: | Small children and very old people totter as they walk.小孩和老人走路蹒跚.
经典引文
Whose delicatessen store was tottering on the brink of ruin.
出自:U. Sinclair别人正在查
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