stagger
英 ['st?g?]
美['st?g?]
- vt. 蹣跚；使交錯；使猶豫
- vi. 蹣跚；猶豫
- n. 蹣跚；交錯安排
- adj. 交錯的；錯開的
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?staggers;過去式:?staggered;過去分詞:?staggered;現(xiàn)在分詞:?staggering;
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2. 因為“震驚”而導(dǎo)致的蹣跚、搖晃，猶如晴天霹靂。
3. stumble + swagger => stagger.
4. stumble => stagger.
2. 因為“震驚”而導(dǎo)致的蹣跚、搖晃，猶如晴天霹靂。
3. stumble + swagger => stagger.
4. stumble => stagger.
中文詞源
stagger 蹣跚，踉蹌，震驚，吃驚，使交錯，錯開
來自古諾斯語 stakra,推，擠，使打轉(zhuǎn)，來自 Proto-Germanic*stakon,棍子，柱子，來自 PIE*steg, 棍子，柱子，詞源同 stack,stick.-er,表反復(fù)。其字面意思可能是用棍子在后面追打或趕，引申 詞義蹣跚，踉蹌，及相關(guān)比喻義。
英文詞源
- stagger (v.)
- mid-15c., "walk unsteadily, reel" (intransitive), altered from stakeren (early 14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Danish stagra, Old Norse stakra "to push, shove, cause to reel," also "to stumble, stagger," perhaps literally "hit with a stick," from Proto-Germanic *stakon- "a stake," from PIE *steg- (1) "pole, stick." Cognate with Dutch staggelen "to stagger," German staggeln "to stammer." Transitive sense of "bewilder, amaze" first recorded 1550s; that of "arrange in a zig-zag pattern" is from 1856. Related: Staggered; staggering.
雙語例句
- 1. Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
- 杜魯門允許他又硬撐了近兩年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.
- 我們的管理層已決定錯開工作時間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The unexpected blow did not stagger his resolution.
- 這個意外打擊并沒有動搖他的決心.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Stagger and stumble suggest unsteady or uncontrolledmovement.
- stagger和stumble均指不穩(wěn)的或身不由己的動作.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. We can't hold the two meetings at the same time; we must stagger them.
- 這兩個會不能同時開, 得錯一下.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》