- [intransitive, transitive] to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall搖搖晃晃地走;蹒跚;踉跄 synonym totter
- (+ adv./prep.) The injured woman staggered to her feet.受傷的女人搖搖晃晃地站起身來。
- He staggered home, drunk.他喝醉酒,踉跄着回了家。
- We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.我們仿佛在接連不斷的危機中舉步維艱。
- (figurative) The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.公司在 1 000 萬英鎊債務的重壓下步履艱難。
- stagger something I managed to stagger the last few steps.我好不容易跌跌撞撞走了這最後幾步。
Extra Examples- She staggered blindly off into the darkness.她摸索着搖搖晃晃走入黑暗中。
- She staggered to her feet and tottered unsteadily across the room.她晃晃悠悠地站起來,蹒跚着穿過房間。
- He was staggering, as if he was drunk.他步履蹒跚,好像喝醉了。
- I managed to stagger to my feet.我設法搖搖晃晃地站了起來。
- She staggered over to him, swaying slightly.她搖搖晃晃地走到他面前,微微搖晃着。
- The injured woman staggered to the side of the road.那個受傷的女人搖搖晃晃地走到路邊。
- The man staggered around the square before collapsing.這個人在倒下前在廣場上蹒跚而行。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbprepositionphrasesSee full entry - [transitive] to shock or surprise somebody very much使震驚;使大吃一驚 synonym amaze
- stagger somebody Her remarks staggered me.她的話讓我震驚。
- The inspectors were staggered at the level of incompetence among senior staff.公司高級職員的不稱職讓視察員們覺得不可思議。
- it staggers somebody that… It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.政府對此竟然不采取任何措施,我覺得不可思議。
Topics Feelingsc2 - [transitive] stagger something to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times使交錯;使錯開
- There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.參加賽跑的選手很多,他們不得不把起跑點錯開。
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’.