单词 | stagger |
释义 | stagger['stægə]n. 蹒跚, 踌躇vi. 蹒跚, 犹豫vt. 使摇摆, 使踌躇, 交错, 错开a. 交错的, 错开的【化】 交错配置【医】 蹒跚 stagger stag.ger AHD: [st²g“…r] D.J. [6st#g*]K.K. [6st#g+]v.(动词) stag.gered,stag.ger.ing,stag.gers v.intr.(不及物动词)1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.蹒跚:行动不便或者站立不稳,好象是被重物压迫着;摇晃2. To begin to lose confidence or strength of purpose; waver.犹豫:开始对某一目标失去信心或者动力;动摇v.tr.(及物动词)1. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:使摇晃:使发生摇晃,摆动或者转动:The blow staggered him.那个打击使我摇摇欲坠2. To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.使吃惊;压倒3. To cause to waver or lose confidence.使犹豫,使动摇4. To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows:使交错:放在一条中线的可互换的两边;使交错或错开:theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.戏院的椅子都被错开了,为了是清楚地观看5. To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods:错开时间:把…时间调换或交错地安排:staggered the nurses' shifts.护士互相交错值班6. To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.使上下前后交错:命名双翼机机翼边缘在另一个机翼的边缘前面或者后面n.(名词)1. A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.摇晃:蹒摇晃或旋转2. A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.一种不稳定形式,部署或者秩序3. staggers (used with a sing. verb)Any of various diseases of the nervous system in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling.Also called In this sense, also called blind staggers staggers (与单数动词连用)蹒跚病,家畜晕倒症:动物神经系统病的一种,特别发生在马,牛或者其它家畜身上,表现为动作不连贯,走路摇晃和经常摔倒也作 在此意义上也可称作 blind staggers语源:1. Alteration of Middle English stakeren 中古英语 stakeren的变化 2. from Old Norse stakra [frequentative of] staka [to push] 源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 stakra [] staka的重复动词 [推] 继承用法:stag“gerer n.(名词)stag“gery adj.(形容词) |
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