totter

verb

1. 蹒跚；踉跄；跌跌撞撞
   to walk or move with weak unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
2. 摇摇欲坠；摇摇晃晃
   to be weak and seem likely to fall
   1. the tottering walls of the castle
      古城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁
   2. a tottering dictatorship
      濒临瓦解的独裁统治

1. VERB 跌跌撞撞;蹒跚;踉跄
   If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
   1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
      他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
   2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
      宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
2. VERB 摇摇欲坠;变得不稳;动摇
   If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
   1. The property market is tottering.
      房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
   2. ...further criticism of the tottering government.
      对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评

1. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table
   他踉跄地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌边。
2. The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.
   宝宝开始只是爬，后来第一次站起来蹒跚着走了几步。
3. The property market is tottering.
   房地产市场摇摇欲坠。
4. Small children and very old people totter as they walk.
   小孩和老人走路蹒跚。
5. A few more days till we totter on the road.
   而再过几天我们把它抛在路旁。
6. NASB: He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
   和合本：穷乏献不起这样供物的、就拣选不能朽坏的树木、为自己寻找巧匠、立起不能摇动的偶像。
7. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
   老态龙钟因年老而颤抖；蹒跚而行。
8. 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。
9. Unfortunately, the economy is likely to totter again as the second-round effects of tumbling profits and rising unemployment squeeze investment and consumer spending.
   不幸的是，由于暴跌的利润和增加的失业挤出了投资和消费性支出所导致的第二轮的影响，经济看起来摇摇欲坠。
10. Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he managed with the help of two crutches, to totter into the King's presence.
    他人老背驼，面色苍白，牙齿脱落，在两根拐棍的帮助下，蹒跚而行，来到国王的面前。
11. When he was able to totter about the house, he turned his hands to weaving baskets of split oak and mending the furniture ruined by the yankees.
    待到他能够在屋里到处走动了，他便着手编制橡树皮篮子，修补被北方佬损坏的家具。
12. Just a few more days, till we totter in the road!
    再过几天，我们将蹒跚着走上大路！

  walk pace plod stagger stride toddle totter【导航词义：行走】

  walk v. 走，步行

〔辨析〕指行走的最普通用词，通常后接副词或介词。

  pace v. 踱步，走动

〔辨析〕尤指因紧张、担忧、不耐烦等而来回踱步。

  plod v. 沉重缓慢地走

〔辨析〕指脚步缓慢、步履艰难地行走。

  stagger v. 蹒跚，摇摇晃晃地走

〔辨析〕通常指因虚弱、负重、醉酒等而导致身体失去平衡或行走失态，强调不稳定性和失控性。

  stride v. 〈书〉大踏步走

〔辨析〕强调步子大而有力，往往伴有或显露出匆忙、自傲、精力充沛等状态。

  toddle v. 蹒跚行走

〔辨析〕特指幼儿因学步而摇摇晃晃地小步行走。

  totter v. 踉跄，蹒跚

〔辨析〕指尤因醉酒或患病而摇摇晃晃、跌跌撞撞地行走，好像要跌倒似的。

verb

1. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

   Synonym:    teeterseesaw

2. walk unsteadily
   1. small children toddle

   Synonym:    toddlecoggledodderpaddlewaddle

3. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall
   1. The drunk man tottered over to our table