totter
英['tɒtə]
美['tɑtɚ]
- vi. 蹒跚；踉跄
- n. 蹒跚的步子
- n. (Totter)人名；(英)托特尔
词态变化
第三人称单数: totters;过去式: tottered;过去分词: tottered;现在分词: tottering;
助记提示
teeter摇摇欲坠,步履蹒跚。
totter摇摇欲坠,步履蹒跚。
2. teet- / tot- 很像两边各坐着一个人在玩跷跷板的样子。
3. 谐音“托他儿”---他儿子很胖、太重了，托着他儿子走路的话，当然就会蹒跚、踉跄。想想大头儿子小头爸爸吧。
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.
双语例句
- 1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
- 因年老而颤抖; 蹒跚而行.
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- 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.
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- 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!
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- 4. Babies and very old people totter as they walk.
- 小孩与老年人走路蹒跚.
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- 5. Now we maun totter down, John.
- 如今得蹒跚下坡, 约翰.
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