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单词 stagger
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stagger

noun
/ˈstæɡə(r)/
/ˈstæɡər/
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  1. a weak unsteady way of walking, as if you are about to fall
    • to walk with a stagger

stagger

verb
/ˈstæɡə(r)/
/ˈstæɡər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stagger
/ˈstæɡə(r)/
/ˈstæɡər/
he / she / it staggers
/ˈstæɡəz/
/ˈstæɡərz/
past simple staggered
/ˈstæɡəd/
/ˈstæɡərd/
past participle staggered
/ˈstæɡəd/
/ˈstæɡərd/
-ing form staggering
/ˈstæɡərɪŋ/
/ˈstæɡərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall synonym totter
    • (+ adv./prep.) The injured woman staggered to her feet.
    • He staggered home, drunk.
    • We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.
    • (figurative) The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.
    • stagger something I managed to stagger the last few steps.
    Extra Examples
    • She staggered blindly off into the darkness.
    • She staggered to her feet and tottered unsteadily across the room.
    • He was staggering, as if he was drunk.
    • I managed to stagger to my feet.
    • She staggered over to him, swaying slightly.
    • The injured woman staggered to the side of the road.
    • The man staggered around the square before collapsing.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • a little
    • slightly
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • out of
    phrases
    • stagger to your feet
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] to shock or surprise somebody very much synonym amaze
    • stagger somebody Her remarks staggered me.
    • The inspectors were staggered at the level of incompetence among senior staff.
    • it staggers somebody that… It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. [transitive] stagger something to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times
    • There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.
  4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’.
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