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

• 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。
• At stake in Washington in November 2008 was the future of the tottering US banking system.
  在2008年11月的华盛顿，国会的决定关系到步履蹒跚的美国银行体系的未来。
• The wartime liberal government was tottering.
  战时的自由党政府摇摇欲坠。
• With power and to spare we must pursue the tottering foe.
  宜将剩勇追穷寇。
• 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。
• The peace talks were tottering on the brink of collapse.
  和谈就要破裂了。
• 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 property market is tottering.
  房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
• In the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars.
  他那苍老的声音尖厉、颤抖，仿佛那声音是按船上的绞盘棒定的音，而且定音时嗓子喊破了。
• The tottering state was propped up by the financiers.
  这个摇摇欲坠的政府是靠这些金融家们支撑着的。