totter

verb

/ˈtɒtə(r)/

/ˈtɑːtər/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they totter	/ˈtɒtə(r)/ /ˈtɑːtər/
he / she / it totters	/ˈtɒtəz/ /ˈtɑːtərz/
past simple tottered	/ˈtɒtəd/ /ˈtɑːtərd/
past participle tottered	/ˈtɒtəd/ /ˈtɑːtərd/
-ing form tottering	/ˈtɒtərɪŋ/ /ˈtɑːtərɪŋ/

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[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk or move with weak, unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill蹒跚；踉跄；跌跌撞撞 synonym stagger
- She managed to totter back to her seat.她设法蹒跚着回到座位上。
[intransitive] to be weak and seem likely to fall摇摇欲坠；摇摇晃晃
- the tottering walls of the castle城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁
- (figurative) a tottering dictatorship濒临瓦解的独裁统治

Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English).