falter 的 3 个定义
- to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
- to move unsteadily; stumble.
- to utter hesitatingly or brokenly: to falter an apology.
- the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- a faltering sound.
falter 近义词
stumble, stutter
更多falter例句
- Every one of those models began to falter within 30 years or so.
- Both women now adamantly believe the negotiations will falter and their sons will serve out the rest of their terms.
- She was still going strong as she turned 100 and his own health began to falter.
- It says that if you falter, the powers that be will more likely see criminality than youthful indiscretion.
- The more Palin and Tebow falter, the more rabid their supporters become.
- The man who would face a cannon's mouth would falter before the face of a woman whom he could crumple with one hand.
- Consummate liar and comedian, or true man and no pretender, his eyes did not falter.
- He shivers a little, but does not falter, and continues to walk with erect head and chest thrown out.
- He is grim and gruff; his voice is deep, and he has rough words for those who falter in duty; but he has a tender heart.
- Some roll to the bottom of the hill, the lamp of life extinguished forever; but their surviving comrades do not falter.