tottering

英 [ˈtɒtərɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɑːtərɪŋ]

v.  蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
totter的现在分词

现在分词：tottering　

BNC.33005 / COCA.31389

柯林斯词典

• VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
  If someonetotterssomewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
  1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
     他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
  2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
     宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
  If something such as a market or governmentis tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
  1. The property market is tottering.
     房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
  2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
     对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

英英释义

adj

• (of structures or institutions) having lost stability
  1. a tottering empire
• unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
  1. a tottering skeleton of a horse
  2. a tottery old man
  Synonym:tottery

双语例句

• Tu weiyueh smiled grimly, feeling that his "regime" really was tottering this time.
  屠维岳又笑了一笑，感到自己的“政权”这次是当真在动摇了。
• This major change is occurring just as old family support systems are tottering towards extinction.
  正当旧家庭所维系的体制摇摇欲坠迈向灭绝的时候，这个重大的变革发生了。
• The lively character Harriot tottering on her French heels and with her head as unsteady as her feet in a 1781 story The Delineator, represented the typical 18th-century feminine ideal.
  在1781年的短篇小说《描画者》（TheDelineator）中，活泼的人物哈里奥特（Harriot）穿着法式高跟鞋摇摇晃晃的，脑袋就像她的脚一样不稳定，这代表了18世纪女性的理想典型。
• The idea of the already tottering Pakistani state defaulting is not reassuring.
  已是摇摇欲坠的巴基斯坦政府违约不能让人安心。
• The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
  宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
• The wartime liberal government was tottering.
  战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
• Martin guided her tottering footsteps to a chair, from where she watched him with bulging eyes.
  她歪歪倒倒地被马丁扶到一张椅子上坐下，在那里瞪大眼望着他。
• The tottering cause of Sichuan Opera seems to have successors.
  风雨飘摇中的川剧事业似乎后继有人。
• Private entrepreneurs in China have made substantial inroads into the steel sector in the past decade, usually by buying up and restructuring tottering state-owned firms like Tonghua.
  过去10年来，中国私营企业主纷纷大举进军钢铁行业，他们通常是买下像通钢这样摇摇欲坠的国有企业，并对其进行重组。
• I could see the pile of books tottering but couldn't reach them before they fell.
  我可以看到这堆书摇摇晃晃，但是我还没来得及够到它们，它们就倒了下来。