teeter
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they teeter | |
he / she / it teeters | |
past simple teetered | |
past participle teetered | |
-ing form teetering |
to stand or move in an unsteady way so that you look as if you are going to fall 摇晃;蹒跚行走;踉跄;摇摇欲坠 She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes. 她穿着高跟鞋一步三晃地跟在他后面走。 The car teetered on the edge of the cliff for a moment before plunging down. 汽车在悬崖边摇摇晃晃了一会儿,然后往下坠。 The girls teetered across the field. 女孩们摇摇晃晃地穿过田野。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: variant of dialect titter, from Old Norse titra ‘shake, shiver’.