totter的意思

totter

英式音标['tɑtɚ]
美式英标['tɒtə]

基本解释

vi. 蹒跚；踉跄

n. 蹒跚的步子

n. (Totter)人名；(英)托特尔

中文词源

totter 蹒跚，摇摆

词源不详，可能来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语 totra,颤抖摇摆，古诺斯语 titra,摇晃，摇摆，词源可能同 teeter.

英文词源

totter (v.): c. 1200, "swing to and fro," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from c. 1600. Related: Tottered; tottering.

实用例句

1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.: 因年老而颤抖; 蹒跚而行.

2. Teeter - totter caught up bein a father and a prima donna.: 当爸和挣钱回家不知顾哪头才好.

3. 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!

4. Babies and very old people totter as they walk.: 小孩与老年人走路蹒跚.

5. Now we maun totter down, John.: 如今得蹒跚下坡, 约翰.

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