totter
英 ['tɒtə]
美 ['tɑtɚ]
- vi. 蹣跚;踉蹌
- n. 蹣跚的步子
- n. (Totter)人名;(英)托特爾
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teeter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。
totter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。
2. teet- / tot- 很像兩邊各坐著一個人在玩蹺蹺板的樣子。
3. 諧音“托他兒”---他兒子很胖、太重了,托著他兒子走路的話,當然就會蹣跚、踉蹌。想想大頭兒子小頭爸爸吧。
中文詞源
totter 蹣跚,搖擺詞源不詳,可能來自北歐某語言,比較挪威語 totra,顫抖搖擺,古諾斯語 titra,搖晃,搖擺, 詞源可能同 teeter.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
- 因年老而顫抖; 蹣跚而行.
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- 2. 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.
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- 3. Just a few more days, till we totter in the road!
- 再過幾天, 我們將蹣跚著走上大路!
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- 4. Babies and very old people totter as they walk.
- 小孩與老年人走路蹣跚.
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- 5. Now we maun totter down, John.
- 如今得蹣跚下坡, 約翰.
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