单词	teeter
释义	teetertee‧ter /ˈtiːtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINteeter Origin: 1800-1900 titter ‘to move unsteadily’ (14-20 centuries) Verb Table VERB TABLE teeter Simple Form Present I, you, we, they teeter he, she, it teeters Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they teetered Present perfect I, you, we, they have teetered he, she, it has teetered Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had teetered Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will teeter Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have teetered Continuous Form Present I am teetering he, she, it is teetering you, we, they are teetering Past I, he, she, it was teetering you, we, they were teetering Present perfect I, you, we, they have been teetering he, she, it has been teetering Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been teetering Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be teetering Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been teetering Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And rather than treading the boards ... they were teetering two feet above them. As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness. Gilling's ability to teeter between fantasy and plausibility recalls Dickens.What he imagines is equal to anything Prospero might have conjured. If it were as bad as its critics contend, our society would be teetering on the edge of extinction. Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels! The kegs shifted, teetered, fell! Wednesday morning, during an hourlong session with reporters, Forbes appeared to be teetering on the edge of folding his campaign. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto become unsteady and start to fall► lose your balance to suddenly become unsteady and start to fall: · Put your arms out to the side so that you don't lose your balance.· She ran after the dog, lost her balance, and fell flat on her face. ► totter/teeter if someone or something totters or teeters they move unsteadily from side to side and look as if they are going to fall: · I could feel the tray tottering and suddenly all the drinks crashed to the floor.· His chair teetered back dangerously on two legs. ► wobble to move unsteadily from side to side: · She bumped the table and the glasses wobbled.· "Who could that be?" the old man said as he wobbled toward the door. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► on · He was teetering on the brink of something serious.· Instead Ralph pressed his fingers together and let the girl teeter on. NOUN► brink · A moment later, realising she was teetering on the brink of self-pity, she brought herself up short.· The banking structure seemed to teeter on the brink of ruin.· By the time we are all set to go to a club I am teetering on the brink.· That was plainly evident in the locker room, where Hostetler teetered on the brink of openly losing his temper.· He says that the country is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.· He was teetering on the brink of something serious.· She had long teetered on the brink.· The back row, from about the third day of classes on, teetered on the brink of chaos. ► edge · We are teetering on the edge of farce.· Wednesday morning, during an hourlong session with reporters, Forbes appeared to be teetering on the edge of folding his campaign.· Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet.· As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness.· It is a dangerous moment, pregnant with hope teetering on the edge of despair.· If it were as bad as its critics contend, our society would be teetering on the edge of extinction.· He meant: to me, at the department store, and I felt myself teeter on the edge of something. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be teetering on the brink/edge of something The country is teetering on the brink of a massive financial crisis. A moment later, realising she was teetering on the brink of self-pity, she brought herself up short. As the piece opens, he is in an internment camp, and she is teetering on the edge of madness. He says that the country is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. He was teetering on the brink of something serious. If it were as bad as its critics contend, our society would be teetering on the edge of extinction. Now he was teetering on the edge of the parapet. We are teetering on the edge of farce. Wednesday morning, during an hourlong session with reporters, Forbes appeared to be teetering on the edge of folding his campaign. 1to stand or walk moving from side to side, as if you are going to fall:  She teetered along in her high-heeled shoes.2be teetering on the brink/edge of something to be very close to being in an unpleasant or dangerous situation:  The country teetered on the brink of war.
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