totter
totter
verb
totterer
noun
tottery
adjective
语源
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)
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