| 单词 | teter-totter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteter-totter b. To move like a see-saw; to sway from side to side; to move unsteadily; esp. of a person or animal, to walk with a swaying motion; to balance oneself unsteadily on alternate feet. So teeter-totter, teter-totter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] hobblec1330 wave1406 stamperc1450 fleet15.. titubate1540 wamble1589 tilt1594 vacillate1598 waggle1611 wimple1819 wangle1820 waver1841 lurch1851 woggle1871 teeter1904 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > totter shake1297 waive1338 wagc1340 falterc1386 waverc1440 branglea1522 totterc1522 wave1538 swerve1573 nod1582 tittera1618 cockle1634 labascate1727 teeter1904 oversway1994 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 231 I teetered up tu her a tiptoe. c1850 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Serm. I. 184 You tip and teeter about, thinking that you excite the admiration of all. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 201 The peetweets..‘teter’ along its stony shores all summer. 1888 J. W. Riley in Voice (N.Y.) 21 June Turn to the lane where we used to ‘teeter-totter’, Printing little foot-palms in the mellow mold. 1904 W. Churchill Crossing II. xiv. 422 I felt the ground teetering under my feet. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Essex) A watch~maker said of a wheel of which the pivot was bent, ‘It teeters’. 1907 Black Cat June 25 [He] called back to the figure teter-tottering with the bowing of the log it rode. 1943 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter (new ed.) i. 29 They helped Blount to his feet. He teetered weakly. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 66 The iron spokes swung teetering and creaking in the breeze. 1961 B. Pym No Fond Return of Love xii. 111 Marian left the house, teetering down the path to the bus stop on her stiletto heels. 1973 O. Sacks Awakenings 35 Miss D. would teeter forward in tiny rapid steps. 1982 T. Berger Reinhart's Women ii. 35 ‘I'll teeter on the curb,’ said Reinhart, ‘and try not to fall into the gutter.’ < as lemmas |
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