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 drunkard tottered along the road.
  醉鬼在路上踉跄行走。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• The old lady tottered out of her room.
  老太太颤巍巍地走出屋来。
• She tottered to the window.
  她踉踉跄跄地向窗户走去。
• 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。
• Weak with fever, the old woman tottered to the bed.
  因发烧而虚弱，那老太太摇摇晃晃地走到床边。
• 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。