English Dictionary

falter

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɔːltə(r)/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 比喩的用法

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. / (transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

日本語の意味

よろめく、ふらつく、弱まる、または声や話し方が減衰する / たどたどしく話す、口ごもる、震えながら発する

She could feel her confidence falter as the audience stared in silence.

観客が沈黙のまま見つめる中、彼女は自分の自信が揺らぐのを感じた。

意味（1）

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

He found his legs falter.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.

And here he faltered forth his last farewell.

意味（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.

意味（4）

To stumble.

意味（5）

(figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).

And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter.

意味（6）

To hesitate in purpose or action.

Ere her native king / Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms.

意味（7）

To cleanse or sift, as barley.

Barley[…]clean falter'd from Hairs

falters （ present singular third-person ）

faltering （ participle present ）

faltered （ participle past ）

faltered （ past ）