Teeter (totter) (續：搖擺 蹣跚 單字大集合)

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to move unsteadily.

2. to ride a seesaw; teetertotter. 



–verb (used with object) 

3. to tip (something) up and down; move unsteadily. 



–noun 

4. a seesaw motion; wobble.

5. a seesaw; teetertotter.





　

Harrison Ford gives a strong performance as the nerve-wracked man at the end of his tether, but apart from a few pernicious Parisians, the supporting cast is missing in action. 



Polanski's eccentric eye and fastidious attention to detail heighten the surreal nature of what is happening to Ford's character. While the look and feel of the film are unparalleled in '80s suspense cinema, Polanski's wandering and incohesive story line detracts from its caliber. 



While comparisons to Hitchcock may be a bit far-flung for this film, Polanski's homage to the king of suspense is uncanny. 



The film's disoriented point of view reflects Polanski's feelings of alienation from America and Hollywood, although being out of touch with Hollywood may have also afforded this film its teetering credibility. 



Teetering on the edge of overwhelming ennui, the woman pays a man (Rocco Siffredi) to join her for a [daring], four-day exploration of sexuality in which both [reject] all convention and [smash] all boundaries while locked away from society in an isolated estate.





。馬術

。 腳步 

Strut



。搖擺蹣跚 

carouse

carousel 

teeter

teetertotter

although being out of touch with Hollywood may have also afforded this film its [teetering] credibility.

and the [entire] community teeters on the brink of a British-Indian war.  

swagger

stagger

walk, move, or stand unsteadily

falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight

Physically [imposing] at 57, with a face that [bespeaks] untold battering and alteration, Rourke is simply [staggering] as Ram.

Alexandre talks about Sartre [staggering] out after his long intellectual chats in the cafe, and [speculates] that the great man's philosophy may be alcoholic [musings].

The pedestrian staggers [away] after the accident, and the next morning, Bibiane remembers what happened and is frightened at the [prospect] that she may have killed someone.

limp

hobble

walk lamely, limp 

proceed irregularly and haltingly

His verses hobble with their [faulty] meters.  

whether he's hobbling [along] as an adolescent [septuagenarian] early on

Hobbled by no such [handicaps] is his cousin Fred,

Why does he spend his time [boozing], [hobbling] around his bedroom on a crutch and [reviling] his wife, who quite obviously has the [proclivities] of that cat on the roof?

When the hobbl[ed] Helena tries to leave, he makes her his prisoner, eventually removing her arms to prevent her escape.

Don't worry. They didn't kill them. That would be like junking a Mercedes just because it had a broken spring. No, they had to make sure they could go on working, but they also had to make sure they could never run away. The operation was called "hobbling".

wobble

show unsteadiness, quaver, vacillate

The [table] wobbled on its uneven legs.

His [voice] wobbled.

the time travelers—or their doubles?—suffer bleeding ears and [wobbly] handwriting,

The reason for this is that McGann had only just passed his driving test when the film was made, and so was a bit [wobbly] on the motorway. 

You better sit down, you look a bit wobbly.

And this is all without mentioning the [pall] cast over the decade by cinema's most legendary names, their form veering from wobbly (Allen, Cronenberg, Scorsese) to inexcusable (Francis Ford Coppola put out both Bram Stoker's Dracula and Jack).

I doubt it. He seemed like one of those steady all-day drinkers always with a load on, but neverwobbly.


waggle

wobble or shake, esp. while in motion

He remebers the first one and would make those awful faces. I'm sure this one will be fine. The first one didn't waggle so.

groggy 

staggering, as from exhaustion or blows

dazed and weakened, as from lack of sleep

He wakes up [groggy] in a [sterile] room shared with timid Kenny, a 12-year-old molestee/molester.

You'll have to excuse me. I took a couple of sleeping pills, and I guess I'm still kind of groggy. I haven't been able to sleep much lately, Dix... worrying about you and everything.

I called from the airport but your line was busy. Groggy, but I'm okay.



lurch

an act or instance of swaying abruptly

(of a ship) to roll or pitch suddenly

The truck lurched [sideways]

Dressed in tinfoil and [lurching] like Frankenstein's monster

But it [lurches] all over the map, encompassing dialogue both inspired and juvenile-tasteless.

Julian Sands -- the poor man's Jeremy Irons -- stammers and lurches his way though scene after scene of borderline S & M self-[a]basement.

Mr. Mapother, familiar from "In the Bedroom," among other films, and Ms. Marling, a relative newcomer, make an appropriately awkward fit at first. Accustomed [to] living inside their heads instead of with other people, their characters are initially physically awkward around each other. They’re given to abrupt, hesitant gestures and lurching [movement]s, as if they had forgotten how to [take up] space with other human beings. Talking is even harder.

Of course. Only I don't understand why you are covering up for the gang who left you in the lurch. Funny friends!

swerve

turn aside abruptly in movement or direction, deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course

If you swerve, you might cross over into the next lane, and have a real accident.



tumble

fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium

stumble

strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall, trip

In the end, it is Taylor who stumbles on the truth about the Planet of the Apes: "Damn you! Damn you! Goddamn you all to hell!"





。漫步在雲端

Shamble(s)

walk or go awkwardly, shuffle

















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