tottering

英 [ˈtɒtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːtərɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的现在分词

现在分词：tottering　

BNC.33005 / COCA.31389

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
  If someonetotterssomewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
  1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
     他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
  2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
     宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
  If something such as a market or governmentis tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
  1. The property market is tottering.
     房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
  2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
     对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

英英释义

adj

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability
  1. a tottering empire
• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
  1. a tottering skeleton of a horse
  2. a tottery old man
  Synonym:tottery

双语例句

• The wartime liberal government was tottering.
  战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
• EXAMPLE: Our petroleum exploration company's expenses were huge, and we were tottering on the brink of abandoning our efforts until last week when one of our drills discovered oil.
  我们这家石油勘探公司开支巨大，原来一直在放弃勘探的边缘徘徊，直到上周我们的一口钻井打出了石油。
• The peace talks were tottering on the brink of collapse.
  和谈就要破裂了。
• In the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars.
  他那苍老的声音尖厉、颤抖，仿佛那声音是按船上的绞盘棒定的音，而且定音时嗓子喊破了。
• This major change is occurring just as old family support systems are tottering towards extinction.
  正当旧家庭所维系的体制摇摇欲坠迈向灭绝的时候，这个重大的变革发生了。
• She whispered in his ear "You silly ass," and then, tottering to her chamber, lay down on the bed.
  她在他耳边悄悄地说：你这个笨蛋。然后她摇摇晃晃地回到她的寝室，躺倒在床上。
• With power and to spare we must pursue the tottering foe.
  宜将剩勇追穷寇。
• When later, grown-up, I went to Hangzhou and saw this tottering pagoda, I felt uncomfortable.
  后来我长大了，到杭州，看见这破破烂烂的塔，心里就不舒服。
• She walked slowly with tottering steps.
  她迈着蹒跚的步子慢慢地走着。
• You have come out in the morning to play in the courtyard, tottering and tumbling as you run.
  你在早晨就跑出来到天井里玩儿，你，跑着就像摇摇欲跌似的。