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单词 totter
释义 totter
totter /ˈtɒt.ər/ aep /ˈtɑː.t̬ɚ/ verb [I] ↑Verb Endings for totter
1
F0 to walk with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall:
» She tottered unsteadily down the stairs in her high-heeled shoes. COMPARE STAGGER(Cf. ↑stagger) verb (MOVE), TEETER(Cf. ↑teeter)Thesaurus+: ↑Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
2
F0 to shake and move from side to side:
» Several tall piles of books tottered and fell.Thesaurus+: ↑Shaking, swinging and vibratingThesaurus+: ↑Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
3
F0 (of a company, government, etc.) to become weaker and less likely to carry on existing:
» The industry has tottered from crisis to crisis now for two years.Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making less strongtottering /-ɪŋ/ adjective
F0» She walked slowly with tottering steps.» It was the last decision of a tottering government.Thesaurus+: ↑Moving unsteadily or with difficultytottery /-i/ adjective
F0» a tottery old manThesaurus+: ↑Weakness and vulnerability
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