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- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)
to walk or move with weak, unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill 蹒跚；踉跄；跌跌撞撞 She managed to totter back to her seat. 她设法蹒跚回到座位上。
- [intransitive]
to be weak and seem likely to fall 摇摇欲坠；摇摇晃晃 the tottering walls of the castle 城堡摇摇欲坠的墙壁 - (figurative)
a tottering dictatorship 濒临瓦解的独裁统治
Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English).