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falter

释义:

falter

falter,英语单词,主要用作不及物动词、名词,作不及物动词时译为“衰弱;衰退;(嗓音)颤抖;结巴地说;蹒跚;犹豫”,作名词时译为“(Falter) (美、德)法尔特(人名)”。

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英语

其他形式

  • faulter (古旧)

词源

源自中古英语 falteren (蹒跚,踉跄),之后词源不详。可能源自某北日耳曼语支语言[1],比如古诺尔斯语 faltrask (被妨碍)。也可能是fold的反复态,但从d变换为t不寻常。

发音

  • (英国) IPA(帮助)/ˈfɔːltə(r)/, /ˈfɒltə(r)/

名词

falter(复数 falters

  1. 不稳摇晃
    • 2009, Ruth Cigman, ‎Andrew Davis, New Philosophies of Learning (page 200)
      Tom, who isn't paying much attention, is suddenly caught by the falter in his voice as he reads the two lines—

动词

falter(第三人称单数简单现在时 falters,现在分词 faltering,一般过去时及过去分词 faltered

  1. 晃动不稳,变小
    • 1672, Richard Wiseman, A Treatise of Wounds
      He found his legs falter.
    • 2018,James Lambert,“A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”,出自 English World-Wide[1], 页号18:
      Considering the results of the study, today John may be buoyed at the clear trend of increasing numbers of new “lishes” for each successive decade since the 1950s, and the fact that nothing in the data suggests this trend is likely to falter.
      (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
  2. (及物不及物) 结巴,用颤抖声音说,口齿不清地说
  3. (指思考)清楚,不明晰模糊
    • Template:RQ:Isaac Taylor Saturday Evening
  4. 蹒跚踉跄
  5. (比喻, 指信念,决心等) 怀疑动摇
    • Template:RQ:Orwell Animal Farm
      And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.
  6. 犹豫踌躇
  7. 稻谷等
    • Template:RQ:Mortimer Husbandry

参考资料

  1. falter” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001