stagger

英 [ˈstæɡ.ər]

美 [ˈstæɡ.ɚ]

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

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记忆方法

“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.

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。

英语词源

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.

权威例句

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。

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.

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

4. Stagger and stumble suggest unsteady or uncontrolledmovement.

stagger和stumble均指不稳的或身不由己的动作.

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.