totter
中文解釋
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Collins Definition
Verb
tottered, past participle; totters, 3rd person singular present; tottering, present participle; tottered, past tense;
/ˈtätər/,
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tottered, past participle; totters, 3rd person singular present; tottering, present participle; tottered, past tense;
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Move in a feeble or unsteady way
- - a hunched figure tottering down the path
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(of a building) Shake or rock as if about to collapse
- - tottering, gutted houses
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Be insecure or about to collapse
- - the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis
Noun
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A feeble or unsteady gait
Web Definitions:
- move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"
- toddle: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
- teeter: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
- an unsteady movement or gait; A rag and bone man; To walk,move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall; To collect junk or scrap
- n. 1. A refuse collector who picks over collected rubbish for anything which is salable. A now almost extinct version of a totter is a rag and bone man. He usually drives a horse and cart and collects household items. ...