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

• Albert tottered and fell overpowered in a chair.
  阿尔贝脚步踉跄，四肢无力地跌落在一张椅子里。
• The German government was bankrupt by the end of 1923, and the Reich tottered on the brink of total economic ruin.
  1923年底，德国政府破产，德意志帝国蹒跚于经济总崩溃的边缘。
• It seemed hardly the face of a man alive, with such a deathlike hue; it was hardly a man with life in him, that tottered on his path so nervelessly, yet tottered, and did not fall!
  他脸色那样死灰，实在不象一个活人的面孔；他那样无精打采地踉跄着，实在不象一个体内尚有生命的人；然而他还在跌跌撞撞地前进着，居然没有倒下！
• She tottered to the window.
  她踉踉跄跄地向窗户走去。
• 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。
• The old lady tottered downstairs.
  老太太摇摇晃晃地走下楼梯。
• 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。
• Madly the beanstalk tottered and swayed under the ogre's weight. Identification of Pathogen Causing Soybean Stem Blight and Potential Geographic Distribution of Three Quarantine Pathogens of Soybean
  妖魔巨大的身躯使豆茎猛烈晃动大豆茎枯病病原菌鉴定及3种检疫性大豆病原菌适生性分析
• 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。
• But the nationalist dream survived and, as the Austro-Hungarian Empire tottered towards its finale in the 19th century, bohemian Prague once again lifted its voice.
  但民族主义者的梦想终于实现，奥匈帝国在19世纪步入终结，波希米亚的布拉格再次挺起胸膛说话了。