| 词汇 | totter |
| 释义 | totter verb[ I ] uk /ˈtɒt.ər/ us /ˈtɑː.t̬ɚ/ to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall: 跌跌撞撞，踉跄 She tottered unsteadily down the stairs in her high-heeled shoes.她穿着高跟鞋跌跌撞撞地走下楼来。 Compare staggerverb(MOVE) teeter to walk in a way that is not controlled or even stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk. lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us. galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play. bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown. falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly. totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing. to shake and move from side to side: 来回摇晃 Several tall piles of books tottered and fell.堆得高高的几摞书摇晃了几下就倒了下来。 (of a company, government, etc.) to become weaker and less likely to carry on existing: （公司、政府等）摇摇欲坠，行将灭亡 The industry has tottered from crisis to crisis now for two years.两年来，该产业危机不断，风雨飘摇。 Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily stumblingly teeter toddle toil tottering trundle tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Shaking, swinging and vibrating Becoming and making less strong Related wordstottering tottery totter | American Dictionarytotter verb[ I ] us/ˈtɑt̬·ər/ to move or walk in a way that looks as if you are about to fall: She tottered down the stairs. Examples of tottertotter They drew him from the depths; they led him a blind and tottering man. When in danger of failure or losing power, both people and buildings may totter. In 1993, politics ranked third and at that time it was said that the two greatest topics of wide shows - entertainment and criminal cases - began to totter. When the world economic crisis came about, this eurozone house began to totter. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Sites could be subject to scavenging by totters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that we should not be tottering from financial crisis to financial crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot dismiss the fact that this debate is taking place as we are tottering on the edge of yet another financial crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot really understand what dementia has come over this tottering government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A second can be erected on the tottering structure of the first. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fragile structure of civilisation totters and is close to crumbling at the very mention of the word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this country you have a totally inadequate, tottering basis of agriculture, and a very closely centred urban population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are tottering and stumbling and sliding along, as they have done on almost everything else they have touched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our tips used to be scavenged by totters, who did quite a bit of constructive recycling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Just imagine the tempest that is under the skull of that unfortunate man who feels his reason tottering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be, as it were, the totters of the new local government scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of totter These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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