totter
['tɔtə]
v.蹒跚, 摇摇欲坠
例句与用法:
The old lady tottered down the stairs.
那位老太太步履蹒跚地走下楼梯。
The piles of books tottered and then fell.
这堆书晃了几下,然后就倒了。
词形变化:
形容词: tottery | 名词: totterer | 动词过去式: tottered | 动词过去分词: tottered | 动词现在分词: tottering | 动词第三人称单数: totters |
vi.
1. 蹒跚, 踉跄[Q]
The drunkard tottered along the road.
醉鬼在路上踉跄行走。
2. 摇摇欲坠, 动摇
The authoritarian government was tottering.
独裁政府摇摇欲坠了。
n.
蹒跚的步子; 动摇, 摇晃
totter
过去式:tottered
过去分词:tottered
现在进行时:tottering
词形变化:
形容词: tottery | 名词: totterer | 动词过去式: tottered | 动词过去分词: tottered | 动词现在分词: tottering | 动词第三人称单数: totters |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
hobble
totter1['tɔtə]vi.1.■蹒跚而行;踉跄:The drunkard tottered to the door.醉汉踉踉跄跄地走到门口。2.■摇晃,摇动,摇摆;摇摇欲坠:The shanty tottered in the strong wind and fell.棚屋在大风中摇摇晃晃,最后倒塌了。3.■濒临失败(或崩溃)的边缘;面临危机:The company is tottering on the edge of bankruptcy.该公司濒临破产。vt.1.■使摇晃,使摇动n.1.■蹒跚的脚步;摇晃近义词stagger totter2['tɔtə]n.1.■= seesaw2.■[英国俚语]收旧货者
tottertotter[ˈtɔtə]vi.1.■蹒跚; 踉跄; 摇摇欲坠a tottering government动摇不稳的政府
词性变化totter[ˈtɔtə]n.1.■蹒跚; 摇摆, 动摇
继承用法totterern.1.■蹒跚行走的人tottering[ˈtɔtərɪŋ]n.totteringlyadv.tottery[ˈtɔtərɪ]adj.
verb
- [no obj., with adverbial]move in a feeble or unsteady way
蹒跚,跌跌撞撞,踉跄
a hunched figure tottering down the path.
一个一路踉跄的驼背身影。
■[usu. as adj. tottering](of a building) shake or rock as if about to collapse
(建筑)摇摇欲坠
tottering, gutted houses.
摇摇欲坠的破房。
■(figurative)be insecure or about to collapse
(喻)不稳;快坍塌
the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis.
制药业在一个接一个的危机中摇摇欲坠。
- [in sing.]a feeble or unsteady gait
蹒跚;踉跄
totterer
noun
tottery
adjective
语源
- Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren 'to swing' (the original sense in English)
totter
动词 totter:
move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
walk unsteadily
同义词:toddle, coggle, dodder, paddle, waddle
move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
totter
■And they will totter from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east;
12他们必飘流,从这海到那海,从北边到东边;
■And they will totter from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will rove about, seeking the word of Jehovah, But they will not find it.
12他们必飘流,从这海到那海,从北边到东边;往来奔跑寻求耶和华的话,却寻不着。
■Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King’s presence.
35.他人老背驼,面色苍白,牙齿脱落,在两根拐棍的帮助下,蹒跚而行,来到国王的面前。
■[NIV] They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
4[和合]他们用金银妆饰它,用钉子和锤子钉稳,使它不动3摇。
■Unfortunately, the economy is likely to totter again as the second-round effects of tumbling profits and rising unemployment squeeze investment and consumer spending.
不幸的是,由于暴跌的利润和增加的失业挤出了投资和消费性支出所导致的第二轮的影响,经济看起来摇摇欲坠。
■so he falls a jumping and shaking the bough, at which the bear began to totter, but stood still, and begun to look behind him, to see how he should get back;
于是他开始跳着摇动那树枝,熊开始在树上摇摇欲坠,只好站住不往上爬,并开始往身后瞧,看自己怎样爬回去。
■Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King's presence.
他人老背驼,面色苍白,牙齿脱落,在两根拐棍的帮助下,蹒跚而行,来到国王的面前。
■They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.
他们用金银妆饰他、用钉子和锤子钉稳、使他不动摇。
■They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
他们用金银妆饰它,用钉子和锤子钉稳,使它不动3摇。
■They stagger from liquor, They reel in their visions, They totter in their judgments.
他们见异象时摇摇晃晃,行审判时摇摆不定。
■I laughed and told him about the Harry Totter bit and when he responded I knew his voice sounded very familiar.
他回答的时候,我觉得他的声音真的很熟悉。
■Teeter totter, caught up between bein a father and a prima donna
以及摇晃蹒跚,在作为一位父亲和一位哭泣的女孩之间徘徊
■But today, they have few new options -- excepting another bailout -- should financial markets seize up again or a large institution totter.
但目前,如果金融市场再度失控,或是一家大型机构崩溃,政府除了再次实施救助之外,可选择的新举措依然无几。
■Other government-backed funds are thought to have been buying as well, which may explain why the banks’ share prices have held up even as banks elsewhere totter.
其他政府扶持的基金也认为会被购买,这也恰好能够解释为什么当其他地区的银行已经摇摇欲坠的时候这些银行的股价还能够维持稳定。
■Just a few more days till we totter in the road--"
再过几天,我们将蹒跚着走上大路----
■Go, leave, totter!
去吧,离开,蹒跚着走吧!
■NASB: He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
和合本:穷乏献不起这样供物的、就拣选不能朽坏的树木、为自己寻找巧匠、立起不能摇动的偶像。
■With that overturned, the clan authority, the religious authority and the authority of the husband all begin to totter .
地主政权既被打翻,族权、神权、夫权便一概跟着动摇起来。
■She managed to totter back to her seat.
她东倒西歪地好不容易回到了座位上。
■Now we maun totter down, John,
如今啊,到了下山的时候,
■If we are not killed by youthful stupidity or ill-luck, then it is our fate to live on like the trees;older and older until at last we totter and fall.
如果我们没有在年少的时候因为愚蠢或是坏运气而死去,那么,我们的命运和生活就象那些树,慢慢变老,最后我们会摇晃,然后倒下。
■With that overturned,the clan authority,the religious authority and the authority of the husband all begin to totter.
它既被打翻,族权、神权、夫权便一概跟着动摇起来。
■It is a choice you make, a plan you lay, when for an instant truth arises in your own deluded mind, and all your world appears to totter and prepare to fall.
它是当真理乍现于你错乱的心田,你的整个世界顿时显得摇摇欲坠时,你所作出的一个选择和策划。现在,你病倒了。
■Babies and very old people totter as they walk.
小孩与老年人走路蹒跚。
■Small children and very old people totter as they walk.
小孩和老人走路蹒跚。
■an empire that had begun to totter.
已经开始动摇的帝国
■7 Though nations rage and kingdoms totter, God's voice thunders and the earth trembles.
异民尽管扰乱,万邦尽管骚动,天主一发喝声,大地即刻消溶。
■Unenlightened as we are, we totter from day to day under the full sway of such delusive and afflictive karma, suffering immensely.
当我们在杀那些动物时,他们也知道死苦,哀哀而鸣,而这哀鸣就是怨恨,杀了它,我们就与它结下了冤业,将来冤冤相报,生生相杀,永脱不出生死轮回。
■When he was able to totter about the house, he turned his hands to weaving baskets of split oak and mending the furniture ruined by the Yankees.
待到他能够在屋里到处走动了,他便着手编制橡树皮篮子,修补被北方佬损坏的家具。
■With that, Kami raised the club wearily and began to totter straight at the 'Cat confronting him, preferring a quick death from claws to a slow one from flame...
想到这个,卡米虚弱地举起大棒,朝面前的大猫踉跄走去,与其慢慢死在火中,不如死在它的利爪下来得干脆利落。
■He was standing by the car we'd seen going around that had HT on the license plate, which I joked (before I knew he was the driver) must stand for "Harry Totter".
我喊道,“你是车站警卫!那个说‘九又四分之三站台?你真有趣’的车站警卫。之前我在车站就想到了这句话。”
■I'd put on her high heels and totter around the bedroom, catching glimpses of myself in the mirror.
我穿上她的高跟鞋在卧室里踉踉跄跄地行走,并对这镜子偷瞥自己的形象。
■Other government-backed funds are thought to have been buying as well, which may explain why the banks' share prices have held up even as banks elsewhere totter.
据信,其他政府背景的基金公司也开始了收购活动,这也许能解释为什么在世界各地银行股暴跌不止的情况下,中国银行股价能够止住下跌。
■totter; shaky; crumble
摇摇欲坠
■totter to one's feet
摇晃着站起来
■Mr. Dewitt: Mr. Seaver, when you were under my tutelage I was prohibited by law from inflecting bodily harm; Now that you've matriculated, I can wail the totter outta ya.
校长:西弗先生,以前在我学校里,因为教育法我不便教训你,现在你总算毕业了,那我就可以让你好好尝尝我的厉害了。
■He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot;He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
穷乏献不起这样供物的、就拣选不能朽坏的树木、为自己寻找巧匠、立起不能摇动的偶像。
■1.[Formal] destitute; impoverished; 2.to stagger; to totter
竭蹶
■"dodder:To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter."
老态龙钟:因年老而颤抖;蹒跚而行.
■To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
老态龙钟因年老而颤抖;蹒跚而行
■"They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.
耶10:4他们用金银妆饰他、用钉子和锤子钉稳、使他不动摇。
■He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
赛40:20穷乏献不起这样供物的、就拣选不能朽坏的树木、为自己寻找巧匠、立起不能摇动的偶像。
■They include a group of distressed-debt funds that gave it rescue financing over the summer, then committed $4.5 billion more as the firm continued to totter.
这些包括一些帮助公司度过今年夏季并在公司每况愈下的时候继续追加45亿美金的困难基金。
■stagger: sway when standing or walking; walk or stand unsteadily; totter (动)
这男孩因沉重书籍的负担而蹒跚跌倒。
■* stagger: To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight;totter.
这里马丁意思在白人警察的肆虐下, 黑人步履艰难.
■to sway; to shake; to totter
飘摇
■She went away weeping audibly, and he felt a pang of sorrow shoot through him at sight of her heavy body and uncouth gait.As he watched her go, the Nietzschean edifice seemed to shake and totter.
马丁从第二天的报纸上读到了许多关于他自己的东西,那些东西他自己也觉得新鲜。