If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
例句
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。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。
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.
例句
The property market is tottering.房地产市场摇摇欲坠。...further criticism of the tottering government.对濒临瓦解的政府的进一步批评
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age;
"a tottering skeleton of a horse""a tottery old man"
2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse;