staggering 音标拼音: [st'ægɚɪŋ]
a . 蹒跚的,犹豫的,惊人的
蹒跚的,犹豫的,惊人的
staggering adj 1 :
so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm ; "
such an enormous response was astonishing "; "
an astounding achievement "; "
the amount of money required was staggering "; "
suffered a staggering defeat "; "
the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying " [
synonym :
{
astonishing }, {
astounding }, {
staggering }, {
stupefying }]
Stagger \
Stag "
ger \ (-
g [~
e ]
r ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Staggered }
(-
g [~
e ]
rd );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Staggering }.] [
OE .
stakeren ,
Icel .
stakra to push ,
to stagger ,
fr .
staka to punt ,
push ,
stagger ;
cf .
OD .
staggeren to stagger .
Cf . {
Stake },
n .]
1 .
To move to one side and the other ,
as if about to fall ,
in standing or walking ;
not to stand or walk with steadiness ;
to sway ;
to reel or totter .
[
1913 Webster ]
Deep was the wound ;
he staggered with the blow .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To cease to stand firm ;
to begin to give way ;
to fail .
"
The enemy staggers ." --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To begin to doubt and waver in purpose ;
to become less confident or determined ;
to hesitate .
[
1913 Webster ]
He [
Abraham ]
staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief . --
Rom .
iv .
20 .
[
1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
staggering ":
amazing ,
ambling ,
ambulation ,
astonishing ,
astounding ,
backpacking ,
breathtaking ,
broken ,
capricious ,
careening ,
catchy ,
cautious ,
choppy ,
circumspect ,
claudicant ,
confounding ,
crawling ,
creeping ,
creeping like snail ,
deliberate ,
desultory ,
deviative ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
easy ,
eccentric ,
electrifying ,
erratic ,
eye -
opening ,
faltering ,
fitful ,
flagging ,
flickering ,
fluctuating ,
foot -
dragging ,
footing ,
footing it ,
footwork ,
gentle ,
going on foot ,
gradual ,
guttering ,
halting ,
herky -
jerky ,
heteroclite ,
hiking ,
hitchhiking ,
hitching ,
hobbled ,
hobbling ,
hoofing ,
idle ,
immethodical ,
inconstant ,
indolent ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
irregular ,
jarring ,
jerky ,
jolting ,
languid ,
languorous ,
lazy ,
legwork ,
leisurely ,
limping ,
lumbering ,
lurching ,
marching ,
mind -
boggling ,
miraculous ,
moderate ,
nonuniform ,
overwhelming ,
patchy ,
pedestrianism ,
perambulation ,
poking ,
poky ,
rambling ,
relaxed ,
reluctant ,
rough ,
sauntering ,
scrappy ,
shocking ,
shuffling ,
slack ,
slothful ,
slow ,
slow as death ,
slow as molasses ,
slow as slow ,
slow -
crawling ,
slow -
foot ,
slow -
going ,
slow -
legged ,
slow -
moving ,
slow -
paced ,
slow -
poky ,
slow -
running ,
slow -
sailing ,
slow -
stepped ,
sluggish ,
snail -
paced ,
snaillike ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spastic ,
spectacular ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
startling ,
strange ,
strolling ,
stunning ,
surprising ,
tentative ,
thumbing ,
thumbing a ride ,
toddling ,
tortoiselike ,
tottering ,
tramping ,
treading ,
trudging ,
turtlelike ,
uncertain ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unhurried ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unregular ,
unrhythmical ,
unsettled ,
unsteady ,
unsystematic ,
variable ,
veering ,
waddling ,
walking ,
wandering ,
wavering ,
wobbling ,
wobbly ,
wonderful ,
wondrous
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