tottering

[美]/'tɔtəriŋ/
词频: 极高

释义

adj. 蹒跚的,动摇的
词形变化
现在分词tottering

例句

a hunched figure tottering down the path.

一个一路踉跄的驼背身影。

a tottering skeleton of a horse; a tottery old man.

蹒跚行走的马;蹒跚的老人。

It does not become disconcerted, but adjusts to its divine work the man who has bestridden the Alps, and the good old tottering invalid of Father Elysee.

它不感到为难,把横跨阿尔卑斯山的那个人和宫墙中的那个龙锺老病夫⑨都抓在手中,替它做那神圣的工作。

The tottering old man leaned on his cane for support.

摇摇晃晃的老人倚靠着手杖获得支持。

The tottering stack of books collapsed with a loud crash.

摇摇晃晃的书堆发出巨大的响声倒塌了。

She caught the tottering toddler before he fell.

她在幼儿摇摇晃晃地摔倒之前抓住了他。

The tottering economy needs stability to recover.

摇摇晃晃的经济需要稳定才能恢复。

The tottering building was deemed unsafe and evacuated.

摇摇晃晃的建筑被认为不安全而被疏散。

He managed to steady the tottering ladder before anyone got hurt.

他设法稳住了摇摇晃晃的梯子,以免有人受伤。

The tottering business was on the brink of bankruptcy.

摇摇晃晃的企业濒临破产。

She held onto the tottering table to keep it from falling over.

她抓住摇摇晃晃的桌子,防止它倒下。

The tottering bridge was closed for repairs.

摇摇晃晃的桥梁因维修而关闭。

The tottering old house was in desperate need of renovation.

摇摇晃晃的老房子迫切需要翻新。

原声例句

And I was there and then I was tottering and then oh, boom, I fell.

我就在那里蹒跚学步,然后,砰,我摔倒了。

来源: Tips for IELTS Speaking.

" Hey! " said Ron, who had staggered to his feet and was now tottering drunkenly towards Harry, giggling.

“嘿!”罗恩说,他已经摇摇晃晃地站了起来,正傻笑着踉踉跄跄地向哈利走去。

来源: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Hermione was barely visible behind a tottering pile of books.

赫敏坐在一大堆摇摇欲坠的书后面,人都快看不见了。

来源: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

He looked them over, as a sober man looks at a crowd of tottering drunks and shook his head.

他抬眼望去,就像一个清醒的人注视着一群东倒西歪的醉鬼一样,然后他摇了摇头。

来源: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

Perceives the tottering steps when she stumbles and slips through the snow, her disproportionate body on those tiny feet.

感知到她急促的脚步在雪地上跌跌撞撞一步一滑,她不成比例的身躯牵动着那对小脚。

来源: A man named Ove decides to die.

Hope to sleep to-night without tottering nerve-dreams.

希望今晚能安然入睡, 不要做摇摇欲坠的神经梦。

来源: Summer walks through the mountains.

" I have, " said Jude, literally tottering with cold and lassitude.

“我有,”裘德说,几乎是因为寒冷和疲倦而摇摇欲坠。

来源: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

In that case her tottering faith would have become firm again.

那样的话,她摇摇欲坠的信念就会重新坚定起来。

来源: Middlemarch (Part Two)

My faith in all the truths that have supported me is tottering'.

我对所有支持我的真理的信心正在动摇” 。

来源: Magician

A girl not yet twenty stood there, white-faced and tottering.

一个不到二十岁的女孩站在那里, 脸色苍白,摇摇欲坠。

来源: Selected Works of O. Henry

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