teeter
美音:
[´ti:tə
]英音:
[´ti:tə
]v.步履蹒跚,摇摇欲坠
难易程度:
teeter为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:teetered 过去分词:teetered 现在分词:teetering 第三人称单数:teeters
teeter
/'ti:tə(r); `titɚ/
v [I, Ipr, Ip] stand or move unsteadily 摇晃地站立或移动
*The drunken man teeteredon the edge of the pavement. 那醉汉在人行道边上东倒西歪的.
* She was teetering along/about/around in very high-heeled shoes. 她穿着高跟鞋摇摇晃晃地走着[四处走].
* (fig 比喻) teetering on the brink/edge of disaster 在灾难边缘摇摇欲坠.
teeter
v [I]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: titter 'to move unsteadily' (14-20 centuries)]
to stand or walk moving from side to side, as if you are going to fall
She teetered along in her high-heeled shoes.
be teetering on the brink/edge of sth
to be very close to being in an unpleasant or dangerous situation
The country teetered on the brink of war.