teeter

英 ['ti?t?] 美['tit?]

TEM8暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞

第三人稱單數:?teeters;過去式:?teetered;過去分詞:?teetered;現在分詞:?teetering;

teeter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。
totter搖搖欲墜,步履蹣跚。

2. teet- 很像兩邊各坐著一個人在玩蹺蹺板的樣子。
3. 諧音“踢他、踢它”---踢他、踢它使它搖擺。

teeter 搖晃，蹣跚

改寫自中古英語 titter,搖擺，蹣跚，可能來自古諾斯語 titra,搖擺，搖晃，來自 Proto*ti-tra,搖擺，搖晃，最終詞源可能同 totter,toddle.

teeter (v.): 1843, "to seesaw," alteration of Middle English titter "move unsteadily," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse titra "to shake, shiver, totter, tremble," from Proto-Germanic *ti-tra- (cognates: German zittern "to tremble"). Meaning "move unsteadily, be on the edge of imbalance" is from 1844. Noun teeter-totter "see-saw" is attested from 1905 (earlier simply teeter, 1855, and titter-totter in same sense is from 1520s). Totter (n.) "board swing" is recorded from late 14c.; see totter (v.).

1. Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance.: 海德轉移了一下重心，就感到自己往前傾，開始失去平衡。

2. He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell.: 他眼看著茶杯在邊上搖搖欲墜，然后掉落。

3. Teeter - totter caught up bein a father and a prima donna.: 當爸和掙錢回家不知顧哪頭才好.

4. Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.: 海鷗在她面前的護墻上搖搖擺擺地走著, 船只從她身邊駛過.

5. France, Ireland, and Denmark are in recession. Others teeter on the edge.: 法國, 愛爾蘭, 丹麥正處于衰退. 其他國家則徘徊在邊緣.