teeter

/'ti:tә/ uk　 词频 #11462

英语专业八级

teeter 是什么意思

中文释义

vi. 步履不稳地走动, 踉跄, 摇晃, 摇摆不定, 摇摇欲坠, 玩跷跷板

n. 踉跄, 摇摆, 跷跷板

英文释义

v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

teeter 的真实例句

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And every character seems dangerously teetering on a knife’s edge of something unredeemable, a hallmark of Ellroy’s hyperventilating plots.

—— What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years?

Taken together, they boosted the statistical significance to 4.2 sigma—teetering just on the verge of the threshold required for discovery.

—— Physicists think they've solved the muon mystery

Instead, it teeters between those extremes and illustrates how getting married can be alternately romantic and terrifying, fulfilling and draining.

—— Maybe You’ll Never Really Know Who You’re Marrying

For species already teetering on the brink, that gap is life-altering.

—— Northern Australia Leaving Endangered Sawfish Exposed

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