Stagger

(verb.) to arrange in a systematic order; 'stagger the chairs in the lecture hall'.

(verb.) astound or overwhelm, as with shock; 'She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake'.

(verb.) walk as if unable to control one's movements; 'The drunken man staggered into the room'.

(verb.) walk with great difficulty; 'He staggered along in the heavy snow'.

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• I am not reckless enough to try to pronounce it when I am awake, but I make a stagger at it in my dreams, and get up with the lockjaw in the morning. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In front of him he saw, in the gaslight, a tallish man, walking with a slight stagger, and carrying a white goose slung over his shoulder. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I confess you stagger me, I replied. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As I turned for a last look as I left the palace garden I had seen her stagger and sink upon the ground beside the little incubator. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• If I were lying on a sick bed, you would draw me up--to stagger to your feet and fall there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Clasp your hands so, and stagger across the room, crying frantically, 'Roderigo! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The unfortunate inquirer staggered against a wall, a faint cry escaped her --O! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The servant who had followed me staggered back shuddering, and dropped to his knees. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I staggered to my feet and ran with her along the corridor and down a winding stair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Well,' said Mr Boffin, a little staggered, 'that's the sum we put o' one side for the purpose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Several strange facts combined against her, which might have staggered any one who had not such proof of her innocence as I had. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Horta wheeled to charge his enemy once more; a dozen steps he took, then he staggered and fell upon his side. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The tide,' cried the murderer, as he staggered back into the room, and shut the faces out, 'the tide was in as I came up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• You must be a staggering next, must you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• These severe requirements were staggering, but Mr. Edison's courage did not falter. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Staggering as if struck by lightning, he lost his balance and tumbled over the parapet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• To perform that staggering list of things that should be done you find--what? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The murderer staggering backward to the wall, and shutting out the sight with his hand, seized a heavy club and struck her down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The music rises and whistles louder and louder; the mariners go across the stage staggering, as if the ship was in severe motion. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The indictment against mere routine in government is a staggering one. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• So he remains for a minute or two, heaped up against it, and then staggers down the shop to the front door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They help him up, and he staggers against the wall and stares at them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Sir Leicester rises from his chair and staggers down again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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