| 单词 | teetering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈteetering ˈteetering n. and adj. = teeter-board at teeter n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] yawinga1614 vacillation1633 titubation1643 wambling1680 teetering1845 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] waveringc1540 tilting1606 titubating1653 volatile1654 tittering1661 drunken1786 wavery1820 vacillating1822 joggly1828 yawing1835 teetering1845 wambly1857 pecky1864 drunk1881 teetery1900 wambling1908 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 213 I laid a teterin' board over it, so that if you stepped on it, down you went. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxiv. 569 The tetering ship loweringly pitched down her bowsprit. 1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xiv. 147 Israel smote him over the taffrail into the sea, as if the man had fallen backwards over a teetering chair. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xxxv. 337 Settled herself..on the back seat of the creaking, tetering old stage on the way to Poganuc. 1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 359/1 The steady rolling and teetering of the ship. 1936 M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xiv. 202 He was lying on his face with a teetering, kicking thing trying to force him through the concrete floor. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. xv. 129 The tea-shop was..kept by teetering old ladies in the interest of their health. 1975 in W. Viereck Lexikalische Ergebnisse des Lowman-Survey I. iv. 141 Children also like to play on a..teetering pole. < as lemmas |
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