falter
/ˈfɒltə//ˈfɔltər/
- vt.
- 支吾地说
- vi.
- 支吾，蹒跚地走
- n.
- 颤抖，支吾，踌躇
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- gmq
派生
- 中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
falteren‘to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught’
继承
- 英语English
falter
词源说明
From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.
释义
名词noun
- 1An unsteadiness.