stagger

Các nghĩa

1. lảo đảo, loạng choạng

   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.

   Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.

2. làm lảo đảo, làm loạng choạng

   To cause to reel or totter.

   transitive

   The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.

   That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire / That staggers thus my person.

3. lung lay, sắp đổ

   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. do dự, dao động

   To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.

   intransitive

   He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.

5. làm do dự, làm dao động, gây sốc

   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.

   Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility.

6. bố trí so le

   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

Dạng khác

• staggers present, singular, third-person
• staggering participle, present
• staggered participle, past