totter

• vi. 蹒跚；踉跄
• n. 蹒跚的步子
• n. (Totter)人名；(英)托特尔

1. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall;

"The drunk man tottered over to our table"

2. walk unsteadily;

"small children toddle"

3. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

the tottering walls of the castle

古城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁

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(figurative)a tottering dictatorship

濒临瓦解的独裁统治

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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。

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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。

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The property market is tottering.

房地产市场摇摇欲坠。

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...further criticism of the tottering government.

对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

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To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.

因年老而颤抖; 蹒跚而行.

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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!

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Now we maun totter down, John.

如今得蹒跚下坡, 约翰.

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They adorn it with and gold 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,使它不动摇.

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Babies and very old people totter as they walk.

小孩与老年人走路蹒跚.

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Teeter totter caught up between bein " a father & a prima donna . "

做个父亲其实 和 做第一夫人一样 惨.

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With that overturned the clan authoritythe authority 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.

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词源不详，可能来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语 totra,颤抖摇摆，古诺斯语 titra,摇晃，摇摆， 词源可能同 teeter.

totter (v.)

c. 1200, "swing to and fro," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from c. 1600. Related: Tottered; tottering.

1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.

因年老而颤抖; 蹒跚而行.

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2. Teeter - totter caught up bein a father and a prima donna.

当爸和挣钱回家不知顾哪头才好.

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3. 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!

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4. Babies and very old people totter as they walk.

小孩与老年人走路蹒跚.

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5. Now we maun totter down, John.

如今得蹒跚下坡, 约翰.

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