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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 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。
  • But some of our comrades, tottering along like a woman with bound feet, are complaining all the time, "You're going too fast, much too fast." He walked softly away into the lane towards his own house.
    我们的某些同志却像一个小脚女人,东摇西摆地在那里走路,老是埋怨旁人说:走快了,走快了。他轻手轻脚地走开了,走向通往自己家的小路。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • In the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars.
    他那苍老的声音尖厉、颤抖,仿佛那声音是按船上的绞盘棒定的音,而且定音时嗓子喊破了。
  • At stake in Washington in November 2008 was the future of the tottering US banking system.
    在2008年11月的华盛顿,国会的决定关系到步履蹒跚的美国银行体系的未来。
  • The wartime liberal government was tottering.
    战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
  • 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。
  • EXAMPLE: Our petroleum exploration company's expenses were huge, and we were tottering on the brink of abandoning our efforts until last week when one of our drills discovered oil.
    我们这家石油勘探公司开支巨大,原来一直在放弃勘探的边缘徘徊,直到上周我们的一口钻井打出了石油。
  • The demand side risk is familiar: a sharp US slowdown, probably triggered by a tottering housing market.
    需求风险已为人所熟知:即美国经济增长的急剧减速,导火索可能是摇摇欲坠的楼市。