stagger

英 ['stæɡə(r)] 美 ['stæɡər]

• vi. 蹒跚；犹豫；动摇
• vt. 使摇晃；使吃惊；使犹豫
• n. 蹒跚；踌躇；摇摆不定

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)蹒跚

   walk or move unsteadily

2. vt. 错开

   arrange times of events so that they do not all occur together

3. vt. & vi. (使)对…感到震惊或担心

   cause shock or worry to sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 晕倒症
2. 蹒跚
3. 摇晃，摆动
4. 交错
5. 动摇
6. 摆动误差
7. 眼花，眩晕
8. 交错安排（法），交错制
9. 酒醉
10. 【空】斜罩
11. 企图，努力
12. 前伸角
13. 踌躇

adj. 形容词

1. 交错的
2. 错开的

v. 动词

1. （使）犹豫，动摇， 使踌躇
2. （使）吃惊，使吓一跳，使…感到震惊
3. 畏缩
4. 坚持进行
5. 压倒
6. 使摇晃， 使摇摆
7. （使）错开（时间），交错安排
8. 摇摇晃晃，蹒跚而行
9. 逡巡
10. （使）蹒跚，踉跄
11. （使）左右交错
12. 使（复翼飞机的上下翼）前后交错

英英释义

Noun:

1. an unsteady uneven gait

Verb:

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements;

   "The drunken man staggered into the room"
   

2. walk with great difficulty;

   "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
   

3. to arrange in a systematic order;

   "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
   

4. astound or overwhelm, as with shock;

   "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. She staggered and fell.
   她踉跄了几步，跌倒在地。
2. The drunk man staggered across the room.
   那个醉汉摇摇晃晃地穿过房间。
3. His resolution had begun to stagger.
   他的意志开始动摇了。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Such a heavy load would stagger an elephant.
   这么重的担子，大象担着也得摇晃。
2. The unexpected blow did not stagger his resolution.
   这个意外的打击并没有动摇他的决心。
3. I was staggered when I heard of his death.
   我听到他死的消息大吃一惊。
4. The difficulties of the examination did not stagger him.
   考试的难度并没有使他畏缩。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He gave a stagger on hearing the news.
   他听到这一消息两腿摇晃起来。
2. They stagger from liquor, They reel in their visions, They totter in their judgments.
   他们见异象时摇摇晃晃，行审判时摇摆不定。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He staggered to his feet.
   他摇摇摆摆地站起来。
2. He staggered to the door, bleeding from his wounds.
   他蹒跚地向大门走去,伤口流着血。
3. I finally staggered into bed at 3 o'clock in the morning.
   我最后凌晨3点才摇摇晃晃地上床睡觉。
4. He staggered under a heavy burden.
   他被沉重的担子压得摇摇晃晃。
5. The drunken man staggered towards me.
   那个醉汉摇摇晃晃地向我走来。
6. The ship staggered.
   船晃得厉害。
7. We staggered to hear that the firm was bankrupt.
   听说那家公司破产了,我们感到震惊。
8. I staggered at the price.
   这价钱使我犹豫不决。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.
   我们的管理部门已决定错开工作时间。
2. The difficulty of examination staggered him.
   考试的困难使他很发愁。
3. Her incredible story staggers the imagination.
   她讲的那个令人难以相信的故事使人感到不可思议。
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4. He was staggered by the blow.
   他被打得摇摇晃晃。
5. Vacations were staggered so that only one person was away at a time.
   假期是间隔的,为的是一次只有一人休假。
6. I was staggered by his outrageous suggestion.
   他提出蛮横无理的要求使我感到震惊。

经典引文

• A push made him stagger against the mizzen-mast.

  出自： J. Conrad

• Staggering along the pavement with baskets crammed to the brims.

  出自： A. Ransome

• The drunken revellers staggering home at..dawn.

  出自： E. Johnson

• My father slowly rose, staggered a little, and then took a faltering step.

  出自： F. King

• Both..recovered, and staggered on through the year.

  出自： fig.

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

stagger about〔around〕 (v.+prep.)

摇摇晃晃,无确定目标地行走 move in an unsteady manner and an uncertain direction around (a place)
stagger about〔around〕 sth
Why is that man staggering about the room like that?

那人为什么摇摇晃晃地在屋里走来走去?

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• stagger the imagination 感到不可思议
• stagger vacations 间隔假期
• stagger one's working hour 错开工作时间

～+副词

• stagger cheaply 便宜得令人震惊
• stagger outlandishly 奇异得令人震惊
• stagger pretentiously 自命不凡地手舞足蹈
• stagger weakly 虚弱得摇摇晃晃

～+介词

• stagger by the news 对此消息感到震惊
• stagger under heavy burdens 被沉重的担子压得摇摇晃晃

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. stagger的基本意思是“摇晃不定地移动”,通常指虚弱、负重、醉酒等导致身体失去平衡或行走失态,强调不稳定性和失控性。引申可表示遇到困难或处于矛盾状况的任何事务,如头脑困惑不解,观点遭到反对等,也可指“使某人慌乱或震惊”。
2. stagger可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

stagger, reel, stumble

• 这组词都有“蹒跚”的意思。它们的区别是:stagger指虚弱、负重、醉酒等导致身体失去平衡或行走失态; reel指受到打击或眩晕而站立不稳; stumble指由于脚下被绊,迈错步或受惊等而“蹒跚”行走。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古斯堪的那维亚语的stakra，意为蹒跚。

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