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stagger

noun
🔊/ˈstæɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈstæɡər/
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  1. a weak unsteady way of walking, as if you are about to fall摇摇晃晃地走；蹒跚；踉跄
    • to walk with a stagger蹒跚着走

stagger

verb
🔊/ˈstæɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈstæɡər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stagger
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🔊/ˈstæɡər/
he / she / it staggers
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past simple staggered
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past participle staggered
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-ing form staggering
🔊/ˈstæɡərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall摇摇晃晃地走；蹒跚；踉跄 synonym totter
    • (+ adv./prep.) The injured woman staggered to her feet.受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地站起身来。🔊🔊
    • He staggered home, drunk.他喝醉酒，踉跄着回了家。🔊🔊
    • We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.我们仿佛在接连不断的危机中举步维艰。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.公司在 1 000 万英镑债务的重压下步履艰难。🔊🔊
    • stagger something I managed to stagger the last few steps.我好不容易跌跌撞撞走了这最后几步。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She staggered blindly off into the darkness.她摸索着摇摇晃晃走入黑暗中。
    • She staggered to her feet and tottered unsteadily across the room.她晃晃悠悠地站起来，蹒跚着穿过房间。
    • He was staggering, as if he was drunk.他惊呆了，好像喝醉了。
    • I managed to stagger to my feet.我设法站了起来。
    • She staggered over to him, swaying slightly.她向他摇摇晃晃，微微摇摆。
    • The injured woman staggered to the side of the road.那个受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地走到路边。
    • The man staggered around the square before collapsing.那个人倒塌前在广场上蹒跚而行。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • into
    • out of
    • …
    phrases
    • stagger to your feet
    See full entry
  2. [transitive] to shock or surprise somebody very much使震惊；使大吃一惊 synonym amaze
    • stagger somebody Her remarks staggered me.她的话让我震惊。🔊🔊
    • The inspectors were staggered at the level of incompetence among senior staff.公司高级职员的不称职让视察员们觉得不可思议。
    • it staggers somebody that… It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.政府对此竟然不采取任何措施，我觉得不可思议。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
  3. [transitive] stagger something to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times使交错；使错开
    • There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.参加赛跑的选手很多，他们不得不把起跑点错开。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’.