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小词详解 | teeter
teeter 英 [ˈtiːtə(r)] 美 [ˈtiːtər]
Four years earlier, it had been São Paulo in Brazil that had teetered on the brink, with reservoirs reduced to 5% of capacity.
再往前四年,当时濒临同样绝境的城市是巴西的圣保罗,当地水库里的水已经只剩下5%。
——《经济学人》Look closely. She wobbles a bit, or maybe it’s more of a teeter, combined with a lurch, and the likeliest cause is podiatric asymmetry.
仔细看看吧,她有点摇晃,或者更像是踉跄,再加一点东倒西歪,最像是一种足部的不对称。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 不稳定地移动或平衡;前后摇摆
她穿着高跟鞋一步三晃地跟在他后面走。几分钟后她绊了一下,摔了个四脚朝天。
She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes. After a few minutes she tripped and went sprawling.那桥在一瞬间晃动了一下。然后桥断了,3辆汽车栽进桥下的深渊。
The bridge teetered for a second. Then the bridge broke and precipitated 3 cars into the abyss below.
这个国家正处在内战的边缘。我们就要陷入无可救药的混乱。
The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.他把滑雪板略微向右斜了一点,眼看着茶杯在边上摇摇欲坠,然后掉落。
He slanted his skis a little more to the right and watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.
She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information.
看她在椅子里微微地前后摇晃的样子,哈利想起每当多比要向他透露一些不能说的秘密、欲言又止时,也是这样晃来晃去的。
totter: move in a feeble or unsteady way wobble: move unsteadily from side to side toddle: (of a young child) move with short unsteady steps while learning to walk