Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense teeters, present participle teetering, past tense, past participle teetered
1VERB 濒临(危险的形势)Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position. 濒临(危险的形势) [emphasis]
Three of the hotels are in receivership, and others are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. [VERB + on]
有 3 家宾馆已破产在管,其他几家正在破产的边缘徘徊。
His voice teetered on the edge of hysteria. [VERB + on]
他的声音近乎歇斯底里。
...white towns teetering precariously on the edge of cliffs. [VERBon noun]
2VERB (人)步履蹒跚,踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠,东倒西歪 If someone or something teeters, they shake in an unsteady way, and seem to be about to lose their balance and fall over. (人)步履蹒跚,踉踉跄跄;(物)摇摇欲坠,东倒西歪 [Also VERB]
Hyde shifted his weight and felt himself teeter forward, beginning to overbalance. [VERB adv./prep.]
海德转移了一下重心,就感到自己往前倾,开始失去平衡。
He watched the cup teeter on the edge before it fell. [VERB adv./prep.]