| 单词 | to teeter on the brink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto teeter on the brink c. Also figurative, esp. in to teeter on the brink and variant. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > approach, approximate, or border upon to stand by ——?1527 to prick near1565 board1596 touch?1614 approximate1671 approacha1699 neighbour1859 to teeter on the brink1937 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position stacker1402 periclitate1581 to stand on a rolling stone1581 to lie upon the wager1590 tottera1616 concern1659 to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 tremblea1862 to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 to teeter on the brink1937 1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Nights xvii. 259 A quorum of the committee is away teeterin' about in their own affairs. 1930 Punch 26 Feb. 237/1 I really have not time to go into the whole story now... I will quit stalling lest I teeter. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 261 Every bank clerk dreaming of the sack, every shopkeeper teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, is in essentially the same position. 1949 Times 29 Sept. 5/2 The Government..still tremble and teeter on the verge. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 13/7 He effectively suggested an officer teetering on the edge of sanity. 1979 C. James Pillars of Hercules i. i. 25 He was teetering on the verge of declaring himself outright. 1980 D. Adams Restaurant at End of Universe iii. 25 Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness. 1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 July 279/2 Subsistence farming is widespread with nutrition teetering on the inadequate. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。