totter

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vi. 蹒跚, 动摇 n. 蹒跚的步子

发音

UK /ˈtɒtə/
其它
US /ˈtɑtɚ/

词形变化

totters 复数 totters tottered tottering totters 三单 tottering 现在分词 tottered 过去式 tottered 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

蹒跚的步子

动词

蹒跚；踉跄

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unsteady movement or gait.

    踉跄

    不及物
  2. 2.

    A rag and bone man.

    古体 不及物
v. C2
  1. 1.

    To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

    不及物

    The baby tottered from the table to the chair.

    The old man tottered out of the pub into the street.

    The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.

  2. 2.

    To be on the brink of collapse.

    比喻 不及物
  3. 3.

    To collect junk or scrap.

    古体 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

paddle waddle seesaw teeter coggle dodder toddle

上位词 5

move walk rock shake sway

词源

From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.

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