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 down the stairs.
  老太太踉跄走下楼。
• The old lady tottered out of her room.
  老太太颤巍巍地走出屋来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。