stagger 的 3 个定义
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
stagger 近义词
astound, shock
walk falteringly
更多stagger例句
- 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.