tottering
- IPA[ˈtädəriNG]
美式
- (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady；(of a structure) shaking or swaying as if about to collapse
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady she swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps
- 2. (of a structure) shaking or swaying as if about to collapse all that was left of this historic building were sections of tottering, smoke-blackened walls a tottering pile of CDs
- ▪ (of a system, organization, process, etc.) insecure or on the point of failure his tottering military regime deflation can weaken an already tottering economy in three ways
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- IPA[ˈtɒt(ə)rɪŋ]
英式
- (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady: she swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps
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