Stumble
[ 'stʌmbl ]
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vi. 跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚;结巴;弄错，失足;偶然碰见;
n. 绊脚，失足;差错，失误;过失，失败;
📝 例句
The boy stumbled through his recitation.
这男孩结结巴巴地背诵。
Men make mistakes; horses stumble.
人有错手，马有失蹄。
If you stumble across the book, keep it for me.
如果你碰巧看到那本书，就给我留下。
In the darkness he stumbled his shin against the bed post.
黑暗中他的小腿绊在了床柱上。
The problem stumbled him.
这个问题把他难住了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ tremble-颤抖,stumble-蹒跚而行:身体颤抖,蹒跚而行
※ stu-拼音“师徒”,mb-拼音“面包”,le-拼音“了”:师徒被面包绊倒了
※ s-似“美女”,tum-拼音“土木”,ble-拼音“伯乐”:美女大兴土木的时候,伯乐蹒跚而来
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
stumble
v[I, Ipr]
1 ~ (over sth) strike one's foot against sth and almost fall 绊脚: stumble and fall 绊倒
I stumbled over a tree root. 树根绊了我的脚.
2 ~ (over sth); ~ through sth make a mistake or mistakes as one speaks, plays music, etc （说话、 演奏等）出错
She stumbled briefly (over the unfamiliar word) but then continued. 她（碰到不认识的字）愣了一下, 接著又往下念.
The child stumbled through a piece by Chopin. 那孩子演奏萧邦的曲子很不流畅.
3 (phr v) stumble about, along, around, etc move or walk unsteadily (in the specified direction) （朝某方向）摇摇晃晃地移动或步履蹒跚
A drunk stumbled past us. 有个喝醉的人跌跌撞撞地从我们身边走过.
stumbling around in the dark 在黑暗中瞎闯. =>Usage at shuffle 用法见shuffle. stumble across/on sb/sth find sb/sth unexpectedly or by chance 意外地或偶然地发现某人[某事物]
Police investigating tax fraud stumbledacross a drugs ring. 警方在调查瞒税案件时意外地发现了一个贩毒集团. stumble, n act of stumbling 绊脚; 出错.
🎯 考研助记
蛇(s)把踏木伯(tumble)给 绊倒了 网友：yqy补充： s, tumble(v /n 跌倒)－绊脚
🔁 扩展释义
*['stʌmbl]n. 绊倒, 蹒跚而行, 失足vt. 使绊倒, 使困惑vi. 绊倒, 失足, 失策, 犯错, 蹒跚, 踌躇
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I'm enjoying this. Where exactly are we going?
我喜欢这次旅行。我们到底要去哪里？
He was just able to lie down on the ground, but could not stand up.
他只能躺在地上，但不能站起来。
All his life he reached out for the truths of spirits and gods.
他的一生都在追求神灵的真谛。