falter

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈfɒltə/|/ˈfɔːltə/    美 /ˈfɔltəɹ/|[ˈfɔl.tɚ]|/ˈfɔltə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An unsteadiness.
    — Tom, who isn't paying much attention, is suddenly caught by the falter in his voice as he reads the two lines—
动词 v.
  1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
    — He found his legs falter.
  2. To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner. ambitransitive
    — And here he faltered forth his last farewell.
  3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
    — Here indeed the power of distinctly conceiving of space and distance falters.
  4. To stumble.
  5. To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause). figuratively
    — And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.
  6. To hesitate in purpose or action.
    — Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.
  7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.
    — Barley[…]clean falter'd from Hairs

词形变化

falters plural faulter alternative,archaic falters present,singular,third-person faltering participle,present faltered participle,past faltered past faulter alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
flounder
衍生词
falterer

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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