| 单词 | stagger |
| 释义 | stagger —staggerer, n. /stag"euhr/, v.i. 1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily. 2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight. 3. to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision. v.t. 4. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant. 5. to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind. 6. to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice. 7. to arrange in a zigzag order or manner on either side of a center: The captain staggered the troops along the road. 8. to arrange otherwise than at the same time, esp. in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals: They planned to stagger lunch hours so that the cafeteria would not be rushed. 9. Aeron. to arrange (the wings of a biplane or the like) so that the entering edge of an upper wing is either in advance of or behind that of a corresponding lower wing. n. 10. the act of staggering; a reeling or tottering movement or motion. 11. a staggered order or arrangement. 12. Aeron. a. a staggered arrangement of wings. b. the amount of staggering. 13. staggers. (used with a sing. v.) Vet. Pathol. a. Also called blind staggers. acute selenium poisoning of livestock characterized by a staggering gait usually followed by respiratory failure and death. b. a condition of unknown cause, occurring in pregnant sheep, cattle, and other animals during or just following extended transport, characterized by a staggering gait and progressive paralysis. [1520-30; earlier stacker to reel, ME stakeren < ON stakra to reel, equiv. to stak(a) to stagger + -ra freq. suffix] Syn. 1. STAGGER, REEL, TOTTER suggest an unsteady manner of walking. To STAGGER is successively to lose and regain one's equilibrium and the ability to maintain one's direction: to stagger with exhaustion, a heavy load, or intoxication. To REEL is to sway dizzily and be in imminent danger of falling: to reel when faint with hunger. To TOTTER is to move in a shaky, uncertain, faltering manner and suggests the immediate likelihood of falling from weakness or feebleness: An old man tottered along with a cane. 3. vacillate. 5. astound, confound, dumfound. 7. alternate. |
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