teeter是什么意思？

teeter

英[ˈti:tə(r)] 美[ˈtitɚ]

• v. 摇晃，蹒跚，上下动，前后动，犹豫不决，使…上下晃动；
• n. 踉跄，摇摆，跷跷板；

复数：teeters;

第三人称单数：teeters;

过去式：teetered;

过去分词：teetered;

现在分词：teetering;

例句

• Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance. 海德转移了一下重心，就感到自己往前倾，开始失去平衡。
• Teeter - totter caught up bein a father and a prima donna. 当爸和挣钱回家不知顾哪头才好.
• He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell. 他眼看着茶杯在边上摇摇欲坠，然后掉落。
• Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance... 海德转移了一下重心，就感到自己往前倾，开始失去平衡。

词组

• teeter on the brink (或 edge)
  be very close to a difficult or dangerous situation 处于困境（或危难）的边缘

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  濒临(危险的形势)
  Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position.
  例句
  Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy... 有 3 家宾馆已破产在管，其他几家正在破产的边缘徘徊。 His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria. 他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
• VERB
  (人)步履蹒跚，踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠，东倒西歪
  If someone or something teeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over.
  例句
  Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance... 海德转移了一下重心，就感到自己往前倾，开始失去平衡。 He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell. 他眼看着茶杯在边上摇摇欲坠，然后掉落。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  摇晃地站立或移动
  She teetered along in her high-heeled shoes. 她穿着一双高跟鞋摇摇晃晃地走着。
  处在(灾难或危险的)边缘；濒临
  The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. 这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion