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stagger

/stag-er/US // ˈstæg ər //UK // (ˈstæɡə) //

错开,错落有致,踉跄而行,错开的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
    • : to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
    • : to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant.
    • : to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind.
    • : to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice.
    • : to arrange in a zigzag order or manner on either side of a center: The captain staggered the troops along the road.
    • : to arrange otherwise than at the same time, especially in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals: They planned to stagger lunch hours so that the cafeteria would not be rushed.
    • : Aeronautics. to arrange so that the entering edge of an upper wing is either in advance of or behind that of a corresponding lower wing.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of staggering; a reeling or tottering movement or motion.
    • : a staggered order or arrangement.
    • : Aeronautics. a staggered arrangement of wings.the amount of staggering.
    • : staggers.Veterinary Pathology. Also called blind staggers .acute selenium poisoning of livestock characterized by a staggering gait usually followed by respiratory failure and death.a condition of unknown cause, occurring in pregnant sheep, cattle, and other animals during or just following extended transport, characterized by a staggering gait and progressive paralysis.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbastound, shock
Forms: staggered, staggering

Examples

  • Can SNL stagger on with Seth Meyers of Weekend Update halfway out the door, too?

  • A miner puts his head down and runs, with a long swinging stride, through places where I can only stagger.

  • Unless we stagger the hours of medical service provision, all those people will end up in the emergency room.

  • His cheeks bright red, his chin wet with spittle, the helot would weave and stagger and totter until he passed out in the dirt.

  • The campaign will now stagger through the February doldrums.

  • It was the 'Æneid,' and I began at your bookmark and tried to stagger through a page, but it floored me.

  • The sharper was one of those men who pull themselves together in a bad cause, as they stagger from the blow.

  • A cry of joy burst from his lips, and he managed to stagger to his feet.

  • The kneeling figure sprang to his feet with a fierce stagger.

  • He made several trips, the last of which was to stagger under a huge burden of spruce boughs.