- To stumble means to nearly fall by tripping or missing a step. When you walk over uneven cobblestones, it’s easy to stumble, so please be careful.
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- v. 绊脚，蹒跚；跌跌撞撞
- n. 绊倒；蹒跚而行
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1. The child stumbled and fell.
孩子绊了一下，摔倒了。
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2. I stumbled over a rock.
我在石头上绊了一下。
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3. We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle.
黑暗中，我们东跌西撞地找蜡烛。
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4. In her nervousness she stumbled over her words.
她因紧张说话结结巴巴的。
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5. Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring.
警方无意中发现一个庞大的贩毒集团。
- stumble (n.) 1540s, "act of stumbling," from stumble (v.). Meaning "a failure, false step" is from 1640s.
- stumble (v.) c. 1300, "to trip or miss one's footing" (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla "to stumble"), probably from a variant of the Proto-Germanic base *stam-, source of Old English stamerian "to stammer," German stumm, Dutch stom "dumb, silent." Possibly influenced in form by stumpen "to stumble," but the -b- may be purely euphonious. Meaning "to come (upon) by chance" is attested from 1550s. Related: Stumbled; stumbling. Stumbling-block first recorded 1526 (Tindale), used in Romans xiv.13, where usually it translates Greek skandalon.
stum·ble / ˈstʌmbl ; NAmE ˈstʌmbl / verb 1 [intransitive ] to hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and almost fall 绊脚 SYN trip ◆ The child stumbled and fell. 孩子绊了一下，摔倒了。 stumbleover/on sth ◆ I stumbled over a rock. 我在石头上绊了一下。 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to walk or move in an unsteady way 跌跌撞撞地走；蹒跚而行 ◆ We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle. 黑暗中，我们东跌西撞地找蜡烛。 3 [intransitive ] stumble(over/through sth) to make a mistake or mistakes and stop while you are speaking, reading to sb or playing music （不顺畅地）说，读，演奏 ◆ In her nervousness she stumbled over her words. 她因紧张说话结结巴巴的。 ◆ I stumbled through the piano piece with difficulty. 我断断续续地好不容易弹完了那支钢琴曲。 ▶ stum·ble noun PHRASAL VERBS ˈstumble across/on/upon sth/sb to discover sth/sb unexpectedly 意外发现；偶然遇见 ◆ Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring. 警方无意中发现一个庞大的贩毒集团。 ˈstumble into sth to become involved in sth by chance 无意间涉足某事 ◆ I stumbled into acting when I left college. 我离开大学后无意间进了演艺界。 stumble stumbles stumbled stumbling stum·ble / ˈstʌmbl ; NAmE ˈstʌmbl /
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