If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
例句
He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...他踉蹌地走到冰箱前，拿出一瓶啤酒，一屁股坐在桌邊。The baby began to crawl, then managed her first tottering steps.寶寶開始只是爬，后來第一次站起來蹣跚著走了幾步。
VERB
搖搖欲墜;變得不穩;動搖
If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
例句
The property market is tottering.房地產市場搖搖欲墜。...further criticism of the tottering government.對瀕臨瓦解的政府的進一步批評
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age;
"a tottering skeleton of a horse""a tottery old man"
2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse;