英:['fɔ:ltərɪŋlɪ]
美:['fɔltərɪŋlɪ]
英:['fɔ:ltərɪŋlɪ]
美:['fɔltərɪŋlɪ]
verb
intransitive verb
to walk unsteadily : stumble
the … stranger falters out of the thicket and drops to his knees—Dudley Fitts
to give way : totter
could feel my legs faltering
to move waveringly or hesitatingly
forced to bail out of faltering airplanes over the Alps—Nat'l Geographic
to speak brokenly or weakly : stammer
her voice faltered
to hesitate in purpose or action : waver
he never faltered in his determination
to lose drive or effectiveness
the business was faltering
transitive verb
to utter hesitatingly or brokenly
faltered an excuse
noun
an act or instance of faltering
Verb and Noun Middle English
The first known use of falter was in the 14th century
familiar1 of 2noun
a close associate : companion
a spirit believed to serve or guard a person called alsofamiliar spirit
familiar2 of 2adjective
closely acquainted : intimate
informal sense 1
spoke in a familiar way
too friendly or bold : forward
frequently seen or experienced
of everyday occurrence
having a good knowledge
familiar with the rules
familialadjective
of, relating to, or typical of a family
famenoun
the fact or condition of being known to the public : renown
falterverb
to move unsteadily : waver
to stumble or hesitate in speech : stammer entry 1
her voice faltered
to hesitate in purpose or action
courage that never falters
1 She puts on her best smooth jazz radio timbre and falteringly reads a script on the history of New York City’s islands with the precision of a PowerPoint presentation.
2 There was a long silence, but the clerk at last ventured to break it: "This bit of writing," he said, falteringly.
3 Perhaps we are about to see how ideas of due process grew into ideas of rights and liberty, which then, however haltingly or falteringly, made their way into the present.
4 She soon began to tell him, leaning her head upon his broad breast, falteringly and with occasional severe effort.
5 That night Emmy Lou asked Papa a question a little falteringly: "Are you a Bohemian?"
6 But he said it falteringly, and a cold sweat broke out upon his brow.
7 The nation’s leader, Kim Jong Un, is moving — sometimes falteringly, but inexorably — toward a larger arsenal of nuclear weapons and an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear warhead.
8 Harley was about to pass on, when Leonard said, falteringly, "Pardon me, but can it be possible that you are one whom I have sought in vain, on behalf of the child of Captain Digby?"
9 Ruby," I said to her, falteringly, "you're the most fantastic, self-willed, imperious little person I ever met with, and I want to make just one more appeal to you.
10 You dear love," he said, falteringly, "certainly we belong to each other.
11 So he did, for he learned to read falteringly, to write a scrawling hand, and to solve a few arithmetical problems.
12 "I declare, Dinah," said he, falteringly, "that never did strike me before."
13 Even as he tried falteringly thus to lower his ideal to fit his affection, he was aware of something stern and relentless within him.
14 Hardy closed his eyes and groaned aloud, but after a pause said falteringly: “Norman—but the convict—it can’t be true! my God! it can’t be true!”
15 He held her gaze until her own fell: "I—I—don't understand you," she said falteringly.
16 The business was faltering due to poor management.
17 To the first question as to whether she had seen my assault on the man, she falteringly answered "Yes."
18 Her steps began to falter.
19 The drost perceived not the king, and his eyes began to swim; but, accosting a bustling chamberlain, he asked him, falteringly--"Where is the king?"
20 "Do you see any way to getting the fronts out?" she asked, falteringly, after a minute.
1 摇晃
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3 迟疑
hesitative reluctant backward hesitant tentative halting faltering hesitating hesitantly dubiously hesitation hesitancy tentativeness stick hesitate hem falter
5 迟疑地