staggering

英语

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动词

staggering

1. stagger 的現在時分詞和動名詞

形容词

staggering (比較級 more staggering，最高級 most staggering)

1. 惊人的，震撼的

   近義詞：incredible、overwhelming、amazing

   The army suffered a staggering defeat.

   军队遭受了一次惨烈的失败。

   • 1960 December，Voyageur，“The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated，頁 754:

     It is this stretch which provides what is perhaps the most staggering scenic prospect of all; the impression made on the mind by the overwhelming height of the Eiger, towering over the train, is almost impossible to describe.

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2. 晃动的，摇摇晃晃的

衍生词汇

• staggeringly

名词

An example of the animation technique "staggering" as seen in "The Dover Boys" (1942, dir. Chuck Jones)
动画“The Dover Boys”（1942年，Chuck Jones执导）中使用反复播放的技术的示例

staggering (複數 staggerings)

1. 蹒跚，踉跄
   • 1837，“Memoirs of Mirabeau”, in The Westminster Review，卷 26，頁 436:

     There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

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2. 震惊，震撼
   • 1738，Ebenezer Erskine，The Annals of Redeeming Love:

     But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory […]

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3. （动画中）反复播放某几帧（来强调角色使力）

参考资料

• “staggering”，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.