teeter
参见：Teeter
英语[编辑]
词源[编辑]
变换自titter。
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动词[编辑]
teeter (第三人称单数简单现在时 teeters，现在分词 teetering，一般过去时及过去分词 teetered)
- (不及物) 在边缘晃动，摇摇欲坠
- He teetered on the brink of the precipice.
- 他在峭壁的边缘摇摇欲坠。
- 2019 11月 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, 出自 The Guardian[1]:
- The concrete floors of B2B sheds were already being built to an exacting degree of flatness, calibrated using lasers, so that forklifts would not teeter while lifting pallets to the highest shelves.
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- 2023 5月 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, 出自 The New York Times[2]:
- This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter.
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- (不及物) 蹒跚
- 近义词： totter
- (比喻义) 犹豫不决
- We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity.
- 我们之前犹豫要不要买度假的票，结果错过了机会。
- (比喻义) 岌岌可危
- Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
- 虽然表面光鲜，但是公司已经濒临破产。
衍生词汇[编辑]
名词[编辑]
teeter (复数 teeters)
- (加拿大、美国) 跷跷板
- 近义词： seesaw、teeter-totter