totter
英 [ˈtɒtə(r)]
美 [ˈtɑːtər]
v. 蹒跚; 踉跄; 跌跌撞撞; 摇摇欲坠; 摇摇晃晃
过去式：tottered 现在分词：tottering 第三人称单数：totters 过去分词：tottered
Collins.1 / BNC.16056 / COCA.20047
同义词辨析
walkpaceplodstaggerstridetoddletotter【导航词义：行走】
walkv. 走，步行
〔辨析〕
指行走的最普通用词，通常后接副词或介词。
〔例证〕
Shall we ride or walk?
我们骑马还是步行?
She walked as far as the end of the path.
她一直走到这条小路的尽头。
The boy told me that I should walk eastward.
那个男孩告诉我应该往东走。
我们骑马还是步行?
She walked as far as the end of the path.
她一直走到这条小路的尽头。
The boy told me that I should walk eastward.
那个男孩告诉我应该往东走。
pacev. 踱步，走动
〔辨析〕
尤指因紧张、担忧、不耐烦等而来回踱步。
〔例证〕
I found him pacing in his office.
我发现他在办公室里踱来踱去。
The manager paced the floor as he tried to find a solution to the problem.
经理在屋子里来回踱步，试图找出解决问题的办法。
The tiger paced in its cage.
老虎在笼子里走来走去。
我发现他在办公室里踱来踱去。
The manager paced the floor as he tried to find a solution to the problem.
经理在屋子里来回踱步，试图找出解决问题的办法。
The tiger paced in its cage.
老虎在笼子里走来走去。
plodv. 沉重缓慢地走
〔辨析〕
指脚步缓慢、步履艰难地行走。
〔例证〕
The poor old woman plodded along, hardly able to lift each foot.
可怜的老妇人吃力地走着，几乎都抬不动脚了。
John kept plodding on.
约翰继续艰难跋涉。
We had to plod wearily on up the hill.
我们不得不迈着疲倦的步子继续登山。
可怜的老妇人吃力地走着，几乎都抬不动脚了。
John kept plodding on.
约翰继续艰难跋涉。
We had to plod wearily on up the hill.
我们不得不迈着疲倦的步子继续登山。
staggerv. 蹒跚，摇摇晃晃地走
〔辨析〕
通常指因虚弱、负重、醉酒等而导致身体失去平衡或行走失态，强调不稳定性和失控性。
〔例证〕
He staggered to the gate, bleeding from his wounds.
他蹒跚地向大门走去，伤口流着血。
The drunken man staggered home.
那个醉鬼摇摇晃晃地往家走去。
He staggered to his feet.
他摇摇晃晃地站起来。
他蹒跚地向大门走去，伤口流着血。
The drunken man staggered home.
那个醉鬼摇摇晃晃地往家走去。
He staggered to his feet.
他摇摇晃晃地站起来。
stridev. 〈书〉大踏步走
〔辨析〕
强调步子大而有力，往往伴有或显露出匆忙、自傲、精力充沛等状态。
〔例证〕
She turned and strode off.
她转身迈着大步走了。
He strode towards his car.
他大踏步地向他的车走去。
He started back, striding swiftly.
他拔腿往回走，步子又大又快。
她转身迈着大步走了。
He strode towards his car.
他大踏步地向他的车走去。
He started back, striding swiftly.
他拔腿往回走，步子又大又快。
toddlev. 蹒跚行走
〔辨析〕
特指幼儿因学步而摇摇晃晃地小步行走。
〔例证〕
Her baby has just learned to toddle.
她的宝宝刚会走道儿。
My two-year-old son toddled into the bedroom.
我两岁的儿子摇摇摆摆地走进卧室。
她的宝宝刚会走道儿。
My two-year-old son toddled into the bedroom.
我两岁的儿子摇摇摆摆地走进卧室。
totterv. 踉跄，蹒跚
〔辨析〕
指尤因醉酒或患病而摇摇晃晃、跌跌撞撞地行走，好像要跌倒似的。
〔例证〕
The old man managed to totter back to his seat.
那位老人摇摇晃晃地好不容易回到了座位上。
Babies and aged men totter as they walk.
幼儿和老人走路蹒跚。
With the help of two crutches, he tottered into the King's presence.
他拄着双拐蹒跚而行，来到国王的面前。
那位老人摇摇晃晃地好不容易回到了座位上。
Babies and aged men totter as they walk.
幼儿和老人走路蹒跚。
With the help of two crutches, he tottered into the King's presence.
他拄着双拐蹒跚而行，来到国王的面前。
牛津词典
verb
- 蹒跚；踉跄；跌跌撞撞
to walk or move with weak unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill/sick - 摇摇欲坠；摇摇晃晃
to be weak and seem likely to fall- the tottering walls of the castle
古城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁 - a tottering dictatorship
濒临瓦解的独裁统治
- the tottering walls of the castle
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.- 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。 - 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。
- He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
- 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.- The property market is tottering.
房地产市场摇摇欲坠。 - ...further criticism of the tottering government.
对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评
- The property market is tottering.
英英释义
verb
- move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
- walk unsteadily
- small children toddle
- move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
- The drunk man tottered over to our table
双语例句
- Just a few more days, till we totter in the road!
再过几天，我们将蹒跚着走上大路！ - Unfortunately, the economy is likely to totter again as the second-round effects of tumbling profits and rising unemployment squeeze investment and consumer spending.
不幸的是，由于暴跌的利润和增加的失业挤出了投资和消费性支出所导致的第二轮的影响，经济看起来摇摇欲坠。 - Small children and very old people totter as they walk.
小孩和老人走路蹒跚。 - The property market is tottering.
房地产市场摇摇欲坠。 - To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
老态龙钟因年老而颤抖；蹒跚而行。 - The audience saw him totter and his knees give, and then saw him recover and tuck his chin deeper into the shelter of his left shoulder.
观众看到他摇晃了一下，双膝一弯，立刻又恢复了原状，下巴尖在肩膀的掩护下埋得更深。 - 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。 - A few more days till we totter on the road.
而再过几天我们把它抛在路旁。 - Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King's presence.
他人老背驼，面色苍白，牙齿脱落，在两根拐棍的帮助下，蹒跚而行，来到国王的面前。 - When he was able to totter about the house, he turned his hands to weaving baskets of split oak and mending the furniture ruined by the yankees.
待到他能够在屋里到处走动了，他便着手编制橡树皮篮子，修补被北方佬损坏的家具。