tottering

英 [ˈtɒtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːtərɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的现在分词

现在分词：tottering　

BNC.33005 / COCA.31389

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

英英释义

adj

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability
  1. a tottering empire
• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
  1. a tottering skeleton of a horse
  2. a tottery old man
  Synonym:tottery

双语例句

• The property market is tottering.
  房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
• 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。
• You have come out in the morning to play in the courtyard, tottering and tumbling as you run.
  你在早晨就跑出来到天井里玩儿，你，跑着就像摇摇欲跌似的。
• The wartime liberal government was tottering.
  战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
• The tottering cause of Sichuan Opera seems to have successors.
  风雨飘摇中的川剧事业似乎后继有人。
• When later, grown-up, I went to Hangzhou and saw this tottering pagoda, I felt uncomfortable.
  后来我长大了，到杭州，看见这破破烂烂的塔，心里就不舒服。
• This major change is occurring just as old family support systems are tottering towards extinction.
  正当旧家庭所维系的体制摇摇欲坠迈向灭绝的时候，这个重大的变革发生了。
• Would all of you throw him down-this leaning wall, this tottering fence?
  如同毁坏歪斜的墙，将倒的壁，要到几时呢？
• Martin guided her tottering footsteps to a chair, from where she watched him with bulging eyes.
  她歪歪倒倒地被马丁扶到一张椅子上坐下，在那里瞪大眼望着他。
• But with almost all of the Arab regimes tottering, Israel could have no guarantee that such a peace would last.
  但在几乎所有阿拉伯政权都摇摇欲坠之际，以色列可能无法确保这样的和平得以持续。