stagger 音标拼音: [st'ægɚ]
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
蹒跚,踌躇蹒跚,犹豫使摇摆,使踌躇,交错,错开交错的,错开的
stagger n 1 :
an unsteady uneven gait [
synonym : {
lurch }, {
stumble },
{
stagger }]
v 1 :
walk as if unable to control one '
s movements ; "
The drunken man staggered into the room " [
synonym : {
stagger }, {
reel },
{
keel }, {
lurch }, {
swag }, {
careen }]
2 :
walk with great difficulty ; "
He staggered along in the heavy snow " [
synonym : {
stagger }, {
flounder }]
3 :
to arrange in a systematic order ; "
stagger the chairs in the lecture hall " [
synonym : {
stagger }, {
distribute }]
4 :
astound or overwhelm ,
as with shock ; "
She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake "
Stagger \
Stag "
ger \,
n .
1 .
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing ,
as if one were about to fall ;
a reeling motion ;
vertigo ;
--
often in the plural ;
as ,
the stagger of a drunken man .
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2 .
pl . (
Far .)
A disease of horses and other animals ,
attended by reeling ,
unsteady gait or sudden falling ;
as ,
parasitic staggers ;
apopletic or sleepy staggers .
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3 .
pl .
Bewilderment ;
perplexity . [
R .] --
Shak .
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{
Stomach staggers } (
Far .),
distention of the stomach with food or gas ,
resulting in indigestion ,
frequently in death .
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Stagger \
Stag "
ger \ (-
g [~
e ]
r ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Staggered }
(-
g [~
e ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Staggering }.] [
OE .
stakeren ,
Icel .
stakra to push ,
to stagger ,
fr .
staka to punt ,
push ,
stagger ;
cf .
OD .
staggeren to stagger .
Cf . {
Stake },
n .]
1 .
To move to one side and the other ,
as if about to fall ,
in standing or walking ;
not to stand or walk with steadiness ;
to sway ;
to reel or totter .
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Deep was the wound ;
he staggered with the blow .
--
Dryden .
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2 .
To cease to stand firm ;
to begin to give way ;
to fail .
"
The enemy staggers ." --
Addison .
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3 .
To begin to doubt and waver in purpose ;
to become less confident or determined ;
to hesitate .
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He [
Abraham ]
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief . --
Rom .
iv .
20 .
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Stagger \
Stag "
ger \,
v .
t .
1 .
To cause to reel or totter .
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That hand shall burn in never -
quenching fire That staggers thus my person . --
Shak .
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2 .
To cause to doubt and waver ;
to make to hesitate ;
to make less steady or confident ;
to shock .
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Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered . --
Howell .
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Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous ,
as not only to outrage economy ,
but even to stagger credibility . --
Burke .
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3 .
To arrange (
a series of parts )
on each side of a median line alternately ,
as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam .
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290 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stagger ":
affright ,
agitate ,
alarm ,
alternate ,
amaze ,
amble ,
amplitude ,
arrhythmia ,
astonish ,
astound ,
awe ,
awestrike ,
back and fill ,
barge ,
be drunk ,
be incredible ,
be intoxicated ,
be unbelievable ,
bedaze ,
bedazzle ,
bewilder ,
blunder ,
boggle ,
bowl along ,
bowl down ,
bowl over ,
brokenness ,
bundle ,
burden ,
camber ,
capriciousness ,
capsize ,
careen ,
career ,
choppiness ,
clump ,
come a cropper ,
confound ,
crack ,
crankle ,
curdle the blood ,
daze ,
dazzle ,
desultoriness ,
devastate ,
discombobulate ,
discompose ,
disconcert ,
disconnectedness ,
discontinuity ,
disquiet ,
disturb ,
dither ,
do ,
drag ,
droop ,
dumbfound ,
dumbfounder ,
ebb and flow ,
eccentricity ,
electrify ,
erraticness ,
fall ,
fall down ,
fall flat ,
fall headlong ,
fall over ,
fall prostrate ,
falter ,
fare ,
fibrillation ,
fill with doubt ,
fitfulness ,
fits and starts ,
flabbergast ,
flight path ,
floor ,
flounce ,
flounder ,
fluctuate ,
fluctuation ,
flummox ,
flurry ,
fluster ,
flutter ,
foot ,
footslog ,
fright ,
frighten ,
funk ,
fuss ,
gait ,
gallop ,
get ,
get a cropper ,
go ,
go through phases ,
halt ,
have two minds ,
hippety -
hop ,
hitch ,
hobble ,
hop ,
horripilate ,
inconstancy ,
intermittence ,
irregularity ,
jar ,
jerkiness ,
jog ,
jolt ,
jump ,
knock over ,
labor ,
limp ,
list ,
lock step ,
lumber ,
lunge ,
lurch ,
make one tremble ,
mince ,
mincing steps ,
muddle through ,
nonplus ,
nonuniformity ,
oscillate ,
overcome ,
overpower ,
overwhelm ,
pace ,
paddle ,
paralyze ,
pass belief ,
pass out ,
patchiness ,
peg ,
pendulate ,
perplex ,
perturb ,
petrify ,
piaffe ,
piaffer ,
pitch ,
pitch and plunge ,
plod ,
plunge ,
pop ,
prance ,
puzzle ,
rack ,
raise apprehensions ,
rattle ,
rearrange ,
reel ,
ring the changes ,
rock ,
roll ,
roughness ,
ruffle ,
sashay ,
saunter ,
scare ,
scuff ,
scuffle ,
scuttle ,
see double ,
seesaw ,
seethe ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shamble ,
shatter ,
shift ,
shilly -
shally ,
shock ,
shot ,
shuffle ,
sidle ,
single -
foot ,
skin effect ,
skin friction ,
skip ,
slap ,
slink ,
slip ,
slither ,
slog ,
slouch ,
slowness ,
space out ,
spasticity ,
spook ,
sporadicity ,
sporadicness ,
spottiness ,
sprawl ,
spread -
eagle ,
stab ,
stalk ,
stammer ,
stamp ,
startle ,
step ,
stir ,
stiver ,
stomp ,
straddle ,
straggle ,
stride ,
strike dead ,
strike dumb ,
strike with wonder ,
stroll ,
strolling gait ,
struggle ,
strut ,
stumble ,
stump ,
stun ,
stupefy ,
surprise ,
swagger ,
sway ,
swing ,
take a fall ,
take a flop ,
take a header ,
take a pratfall ,
take a spill ,
take aback ,
tax ,
teeter ,
teeter -
totter ,
thrash about ,
tilt ,
tittup ,
toddle ,
topple ,
topple down ,
topple over ,
toss ,
toss and tumble ,
toss and turn ,
totter ,
traipse ,
tread ,
trip ,
trot ,
trouble ,
trudge ,
try ,
tumble ,
turn ,
turn turtle ,
uncertainty ,
unevenness ,
unman ,
unmethodicalness ,
unnerve ,
unpredictability ,
unsettle ,
unsteadiness ,
unstring ,
unsystematicness ,
upset ,
vacillate ,
variability ,
vary ,
velocity ,
volutation ,
waddle ,
walk ,
wallop ,
wallow ,
wamble ,
waver ,
wax and wane ,
weave ,
welter ,
whack ,
wheel ,
whiffle ,
whimsicality ,
whirl ,
wiggle ,
wobble ,
zag ,
zig ,
zigzag
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