falter

参见：Falter

英语

其他形式

• faulter (古旧)

词源

源自中古英语 falteren (“蹒跚，踉跄”)，之后词源不详。可能源自某北日耳曼语支语言，比如古诺尔斯语 faltrask (“被妨碍”)。也可能是fold的反复态，但从d变换为t不寻常。

发音

• (英国) IPA^(帮助)：/ˈfɔːltə(r)/, /ˈfɒltə(r)/

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名词

falter (复数 falters)

1. 不稳，摇晃
   • 2009, Ruth Cigman, ‎Andrew Davis, New Philosophies of Learning (page 200)

     Tom, who isn't paying much attention, is suddenly caught by the falter in his voice as he reads the two lines—

动词

falter (第三人称单数简单现在时 falters，现在分词 faltering，一般过去时及过去分词 faltered)

1. 晃动，不稳；变弱，变小
   • 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds

     He found his legs falter.

   • 2018，James Lambert，“A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”，出自 English World-Wide‎^[1], 页号18:

     Considering the results of the study, today John may be buoyed at the clear trend of increasing numbers of new “lishes” for each successive decade since the 1950s, and the fact that nothing in the data suggests this trend is likely to falter.

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2. (及物、不及物) 结巴地说，用颤抖的声音说，口齿不清地说
   • 1807, Lord Byron, Childish Recollections

     And here he faltered forth his last farewell.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 2”, 出自 Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; 再版为 Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     With faltering speech and visage incomposed.

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3. (指思考) 不清楚，不明晰，模糊
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4. 蹒跚，踉跄
5. (比喻, 指信念，决心等) 怀疑，动摇
   • 1945 8月 17, George Orwell [笔名；本名 Eric Arthur Blair], 章号 1, 出自 Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

     And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.

6. 犹豫，踌躇
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, 出自 Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版于 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.

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7. 筛 （稻谷等）
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