teeter

英 ['tiːtə] 美['titɚ]

vi. 摇晃；玩跷跷板；步履蹒跚；摇摇欲坠；岌岌可危
vt. 使…摇摆；使…上下晃动
n. 跷跷板；摇摆

GRE TEM8 畅通词汇低频词

英英释义

1. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

词组搭配

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

实用场景例句

She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes.: 她穿着高跟鞋一步三晃地跟在他后面走。

The country is teetering on the brink of civil war.: 这个国家正处在内战的边缘。

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。

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。

Funding is the industry's secret subsidy: without explicit or implicit guarantees many banks would teeter.: 融资是企业的隐性津贴: 没有内外担保很多银行将岌岌可危.

Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.: 海鸥在她面前的护墙上摇摇摆摆地走着, 船只从她身边驶过.

Dan: I just cannot get over Teeter making a policy change like that without informing me.: 丹: 提特在政策上做了那样的改变,而不通知我,真是让我无法释怀.

France, Ireland, and Denmark are in recession. Others teeter on the edge.: 法国, 爱尔兰, 丹麦正处于衰退. 其他国家则徘徊在边缘.

The performance of teeter board was very wonderful, and drew rounds of applause.: 晃板的演出很精彩, 引来人们阵阵的鼓掌.

Teeter totter caught up between bein " a father & a prima donna . ": 做个父亲其实和做第一夫人一样惨.

Normal leaf spring suspensions would teeter back and forth, causing an insecure feeling for the driver.: 师范板簧悬架将蒂特来回, 造成一种不安全的感觉司机.

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。

中文词源

teeter 摇晃，蹒跚

改写自中古英语 titter,摇摆，蹒跚，可能来自古诺斯语 titra,摇摆，摇晃，来自 Proto*ti-tra,摇摆，摇晃，最终词源可能同 totter,toddle.

助记提示

teeter摇摇欲坠,步履蹒跚。
totter摇摇欲坠,步履蹒跚。

2. teet- 很像两边各坐着一个人在玩跷跷板的样子。
3. 谐音“踢他、踢它”---踢他、踢它使它摇摆。

双语例句

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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.

4. Seagulls teeter on the parapet in front of her, boats go by.: 海鸥在她面前的护墙上摇摇摆摆地走着, 船只从她身边驶过.

5. France, Ireland, and Denmark are in recession. Others teeter on the edge.: 法国, 爱尔兰, 丹麦正处于衰退. 其他国家则徘徊在边缘.

英文词源

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.).

词态变化

第三人称单数: teeters;过去式: teetered;过去分词: teetered;现在分词: teetering;