英 [ˈtɒtə(r)] 美 [ˈtɑːtər]
vi. 蹒跚；踉跄
n. 蹒跚的步子
n. （Totter）人名；（英）托特尔
第三人称单数totters
现在分词tottering
过去式tottered
过去分词tottered
totter /ˈtɒtə/ TEM8 [ tottering tottered totters ]
不及物动词 If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example, because they are drunk. 摇摇晃晃地走
She came tottering in in her mother's high heels.
她穿着她妈妈的高跟鞋摇摇晃晃地走进来。
... toss v.(随意或漫无目的地)投，掷；使来回摇动 totter v.摇摇欲坠；步履蹒跚 toy v.不认真地考虑；漫不经心地玩弄 ...
... stubbornly adv.固执地 totter v.踉跄，蹒跚 senile a.高龄的，老龄的 ...
... dawdle (浪费时间地)过慢地行走 totter软弱无力，摇摇晃晃地行走 toddle幼儿学步般地走；随便走走 ...
They totter out into the courtyard to draw water or to rinse the slop pails.
他们瞒珊走进院子来汲水、洗刷污水桶。
I'd put on her high heels and totter around the bedroom, catching glimpses of myself in the mirror.
我穿上她的高跟鞋在卧室里踉踉跄跄地行走，并对这镜子偷瞥自己的形象。
The audience saw him totter and his knees give, and then saw him recover and tuck his chin deeper into the shelter of his left shoulder.
观众看到他摇晃了一下,双膝一弯,立刻又恢复了原状,下巴尖在肩膀的掩护下埋得更深。
And I think sometimes on the teeter-totter of each of those three dimensions were teetering where I wish we were tottering a little more as our products are more complicated.
我想有时这就像坐跷跷板,三个维度都在摇晃不定，无法抉择,比我们的产品生产还复杂一些。
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Sometimes -- often -- I grimace and panic, look wildly about as I totter and flail.
Greece is not expected to default, yet, along with Spain, it continues to totter on the brink.
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The potential for significant lump sum reductions can be attributed to the teeter-totter relationship between pension lump sum values and interest rates.