stag.ger

stagger的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈstægə]
KK音标发音： [ˈstægɚ]

stagger的词性：
v.（动词）

stagger的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
蹒跚：行动不便或者站立不稳，好象是被重物压迫着；摇晃

2. To begin to lose confidence or strength of purpose; waver.
犹豫：开始对某一目标失去信心或者动力；动摇

stagger的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

3. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:
使摇晃：使发生摇晃，摆动或者转动：

The blow staggered him.
那个打击使我摇摇欲坠

4. To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.
使吃惊；压倒

5. To cause to waver or lose confidence.
使犹豫，使动摇

6. To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows:
使交错：放在一条中线的可互换的两边；使交错或错开：

theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.
戏院的椅子都被错开了，为了是清楚地观看

7. To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods:
错开时间：把…时间调换或交错地安排：

staggered the nurses' shifts.
护士互相交错值班

8. To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
使上下前后交错：命名双翼机机翼边缘在另一个机翼的边缘前面或者后面

stagger的词性：
n.（名词）

9. A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.
摇晃：蹒摇晃或旋转

10. A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.
一种不稳定形式，部署或者秩序

11. staggers (used with a sing. verb)Any of various diseases of the nervous system in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling.Also called In this sense, also called blind staggers
staggers （与单数动词连用）蹒跚病，家畜晕倒症：动物神经系统病的一种，特别发生在马，牛或者其它家畜身上，表现为动作不连贯，走路摇晃和经常摔倒也作 在此意义上也可称作 blind staggers

stagger的词源：

12. Alteration of Middle English stakeren
中古英语 stakeren的变化

13. from Old Norse stakra [frequentative of] staka [to push]
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 stakra [] staka的重复动词 [推]

stagger的词性：
n.（名词）

stagger的词性：
adj.（形容词）