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

• 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。
• The drunkard tottered along the road.
  醉鬼在路上踉跄行走。
• 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 tall chimney tottered and then collapsed.
  那座高烟囱摇摇晃晃地倒了下来。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• Allianz bought Dresdner in 2001 but the bank tottered through a string of crises, with each green shoot of revival almost as quickly withering.
  安联于2001年收购德累斯顿，但其后，该银行磕磕绊绊地经历了一系列危机，复苏的萌芽每次几乎都同样迅速地枯萎了。
• The old lady tottered out of her room.
  老太太颤巍巍地走出屋来。
• He tottered under a heavy load.
  他在重担下摇摇晃晃地走。