teeter
英 ['tiːtə]
美 ['titɚ]
- vi. 搖晃；玩蹺蹺板；步履蹣跚；搖搖欲墜；岌岌可危
- vt. 使…搖擺；使…上下晃動
- n. 蹺蹺板；搖擺
助記提示
teeter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。
totter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。
2. teet- 很像兩邊各坐著一個人在玩蹺蹺板的樣子。
3. 諧音“踢他、踢它”---踢他、踢它使它搖擺。
中文詞源
teeter 搖晃，蹣跚改寫自中古英語 titter,搖擺，蹣跚，可能來自古諾斯語 titra,搖擺，搖晃，來自 Proto*ti-tra,搖 擺，搖晃，最終詞源可能同 totter,toddle.
英文詞源
- teeter (v.)
- 1843, "to seesaw," alteration of Middle English titter "move unsteadily," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse titra "to shake, shiver, totter, tremble," from Proto-Germanic *ti-tra- (cognates: German zittern "to tremble"). Meaning "move unsteadily, be on the edge of imbalance" is from 1844. Noun teeter-totter "see-saw" is attested from 1905 (earlier simply teeter, 1855, and titter-totter in same sense is from 1520s). Totter (n.) "board swing" is recorded from late 14c.; see totter (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance.
- 海德轉移了一下重心，就感到自己往前傾，開始失去平衡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.
- 他眼看著茶杯在邊上搖搖欲墜，然後掉落。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Teeter - totter caught up bein a father and a prima donna.
- 當爸和掙錢回家不知顧哪頭才好.
來自互聯網
- 4. Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.
- 海鷗在她麵前的護牆上搖搖擺擺地走著, 船隻從她身邊駛過.
來自互聯網
- 5. France, Ireland, and Denmark are in recession. Others teeter on the edge.
- 法國, 愛爾蘭, 丹麥正處於衰退. 其他國家則徘徊在邊緣.
來自互聯網