stagger

中文： 踉跄

1. In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter. (intransitive) · She began to stagger across the room.
2. To cause to reel or totter. (transitive) · The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.
3. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. (intransitive) · 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation· The enemy staggers.
4. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. (intransitive)
5. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. (transitive) · He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.
6. 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. (transitive)
7. To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next. (transitive) · We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.
8. To schedule in intervals or at different times. (transitive) · We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.

He/she/it staggers · 过去式 staggered · 过去分词 staggered · -ing形式 staggering