no obj., with adverbial
1- move in a feeble or unsteady way蹒跚, 跌跌撞撞, 踉跄：
a hunched figure tottering down the path.
一个一路踉跄的驼背身影。
1.1
- usu. as adj. tottering(of a building) shake or rock as if about to collapse（建筑）摇摇欲坠：
tottering, gutted houses.
摇摇欲坠的破房。
1.2
- figurative be insecure or about to collapse〈喻〉不稳; 快坍塌：
the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis.
制药业在一个接一个的危机中摇摇欲坠。
派生词
totterer
nountottery
adjective词源
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren 'to swing' (the original sense in English).