tottered

英 [ˈtɒtəd]

美 [ˈtɑːtərd]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
  If someonetotterssomewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
  If something such as a market or governmentis tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
  1. The property market is tottering.
     房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
  2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
     对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

双语例句

• Under the bundle tottered the old woman, her face as white as a linen sheet.
  包袱底下，正是那位步履踉的老妇人，她的脸白的像块亚麻布。
• When Becky returned, he limped and tottered in wild, joyous circles around her.
  贝基回来后，他狂热而快乐地围着她一瘸一拐地打转。
• He tottered under a heavy load.
  他在重担下摇摇晃晃地走。
• In the bliss, in the agony her spirit failed and she tottered. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being.
  在幸福中，在极度的痛苦中，她的精神衰竭了，她摇摇欲坠。不同于精神和心理上的，与身体有关或影响身体的幸福。
• But he took her hand, and the contact thrilled her; her senses were giving way, and she almost tottered.
  他只是握住她一只手，这种接触使她感到毛骨悚然；她失去了知觉，几乎是在蹒跚而行。
• The drunkard tottered along the road.
  醉鬼在路上踉跄行走。
• The old lady tottered down the stairs.
  老太太踉跄走下楼。
• She tottered to the window.
  她踉踉跄跄地向窗户走去。
• As the Callaghan government tottered, the Conservatives rolled out a poster campaign showing a queue of supposedly unemployed people under the slogan Labour Isn't Working.
  卡拉汉政府举步维艰，保守党趁机展开一场海报宣传活动，让一群貌似失业的工人打出工党不行了的口号。
• The sun rose brightly, and all morning the man tottered and fell toward the ship on the shining sea.
  太阳明亮地升起来了，整个早晨他都在蹒跚着，跌跌撞撞地朝着那闪亮的大海上的船走着。