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Totter

Totter

  • 易混淆的单词:totter  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄 If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk. 
  • 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。

  • 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。

2. VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇 If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely. 
  • The property market is tottering.

    房地产市场摇摇欲坠。

  • ...further criticism of the tottering government.

    对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

Verb

1. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall;

  • "The drunk man tottered over to our table"

2. walk unsteadily;

  • "small children toddle"

3. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion