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totter

/tot-er/US // ˈtɒt ər //UK // (ˈtɒtə) //

蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,图腾,蹒跚

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps: She tottered down the street in high heels, desperately fighting to stay vertical.
    • : to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall: The tower seemed to totter in the wind.
    • : to shake or tremble: a load that tottered.
    • : to lack security or stability; threaten to collapse: The government was tottering.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmove falteringly
Forms: tottering

Examples

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

  • In the long run, the regime might indeed begin to totter: This is the entire point.

  • Others, holding to the side of the building, felt with stupefaction the boards totter beneath their touch.

  • Another glass and another fifteen minutes; a third glass, and hour's walk; after which allowed to totter home, and breakfast.

  • They could see his feet totter; all held breath—the moat was very deep; he recovered, ran on.

  • There was a great shock, and the cabin seemed to totter on the brink of the chasm.

  • If the old almsfolk wished to pray to God daily, they might totter three-quarters of a mile up to the Minster.