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stagger是什么意思

stagger

英 ['stægə] 美 ['stægɚ]
  • vt. 蹒跚;使交错;使犹豫
  • vi. 蹒跚;犹豫
  • n. 蹒跚;交错安排
  • adj. 交错的;错开的

stagger 助记提示


“使打嗝”,克劳斯看到迈克尔吓得死打嗝《吸血鬼日记》
2. 因为“震惊”而导致的蹒跚、摇晃,犹如晴天霹雳。
3. stumble + swagger => stagger.
4. stumble => stagger.

stagger 中文词源


stagger 蹒跚,踉跄,震惊,吃惊,使交错,错开

来自古诺斯语 stakra,推,挤,使打转,来自 Proto-Germanic*stakon,棍子,柱子,来自 PIE*steg, 棍子,柱子,词源同 stack,stick.-er,表反复。其字面意思可能是用棍子在后面追打或赶,引申 词义蹒跚,踉跄,及相关比喻义。

stagger 英文词源


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.

stagger 双语例句


1. Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
杜鲁门允许他又硬撑了近两年。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Our management has decided to stagger our working hour.
我们的管理层已决定错开工作时间.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The unexpected blow did not stagger his resolution.
这个意外打击并没有动摇他的决心.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. Stagger and stumble suggest unsteady or uncontrolledmovement.
stagger和stumble均指不稳的或身不由己的动作.

来自互联网

5. We can't hold the two meetings at the same time; we must stagger them.
这两个会不能同时开, 得错一下.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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