stagger
verb /ˈstæɡə(r)/
/ˈstæɡər/
- [intransitive, transitive] to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall摇摇晃晃地走；蹒跚；踉跄 synonym totter
- (+ adv./prep.) The injured woman staggered to her feet.受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地站起身来。
- He staggered home, drunk.他喝醉酒，踉跄着回了家。
- We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.我们仿佛在接连不断的危机中举步维艰。
- (figurative) The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.公司在 1 000 万英镑债务的重压下步履艰难。
- stagger something I managed to stagger the last few steps.我好不容易跌跌撞撞走了这最后几步。
- She staggered blindly off into the darkness.她摸索着摇摇晃晃走入黑暗中。
- She staggered to her feet and tottered unsteadily across the room.她晃晃悠悠地站起来，蹒跚着穿过房间。
- He was staggering, as if he was drunk.他步履蹒跚，好像喝醉了。
- I managed to stagger to my feet.我设法摇摇晃晃地站了起来。
- She staggered over to him, swaying slightly.她摇摇晃晃地走到他面前，微微摇晃着。
- The injured woman staggered to the side of the road.那个受伤的女人摇摇晃晃地走到路边。
- The man staggered around the square before collapsing.这个人在倒下前在广场上蹒跚而行。
Collocations Dictionaryadverbprepositionphrases - [transitive] to shock or surprise somebody very much使震惊；使大吃一惊 synonym amaze
- stagger somebody Her remarks staggered me.她的话让我震惊。
- The inspectors were staggered at the level of incompetence among senior staff.公司高级职员的不称职让视察员们觉得不可思议。
- it staggers somebody that… It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.政府对此竟然不采取任何措施，我觉得不可思议。
Topics Feelingsc2 - [transitive] stagger something to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times使交错；使错开
- There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.参加赛跑的选手很多，他们不得不把起跑点错开。
词源late Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’.