| 释义 |
stagger /stagˈər/ intransitive verb- To reel
- To go reeling or tottering
- To waver
transitive verb- To cause to reel
- To give a shock to
- To cause to waver
- To nonplus, confound
- To dispose alternately or variously, or to arrange so that one thing or part is ahead of another
noun- A staggering
- A wavering
- A staggered arrangement (eg in aircraft, positive where the upper plane of a biplane is advanced, negative where the lower)
- (in pl, often treated as sing) giddiness, also any of various kinds of disease causing horses, sheep, etc to stagger (grass or stomach staggers an acute indigestion; mad or sleepy staggers an inflammation of the brain)
ORIGIN: Earlier stacker, from ON stakra, frequentative of staka to push staggˈered adjective staggˈerer noun staggˈering noun and adjective staggˈeringly adverb |