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

The old lady tottered out of her room.
老太太颤巍巍地走出屋来。
Her sea-blue eyes were filmed over and when she walked down the steps toward the open car her long legs tottered like a crippled foal's.
她那海蓝色的眼睛戴着眼镜。在她走向车子的时候，步履蹒跚，宛若一个瘸了的小马驹。
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。
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。
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！
The old lady tottered down the stairs.
老太太踉跄走下楼。
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。
She tottered to the window.
她踉踉跄跄地向窗户走去。
An under-officer of the battalion ran up and took the flag which tottered from its weight in Prince Andrey's hands, but he was at once killed.
这个兵营的士官跑到了前面，他拿起那面因为太重而在安德烈公爵手中摇摇晃晃的军旗，但是他马上就被击毙了。
The old lady tottered downstairs.
老太太摇摇晃晃地走下楼梯。