vi. 1.绊倒,摔倒 (at; over); 东倒西歪地走。 2.弄错,搞错,犯错误,犯(道德上的)罪过;失足。 3.说不出话来,结巴;踌躇。 4.偶然碰见 (on, upon; across)。 vt. 使绊倒,使失足;使为难;使踌躇莫决。 stumble over a stone 给石头绊倒。 stumble through a speech 结结巴巴地演说。 stumble over one's words 结结巴巴地说。 stumble upon a rare book in the library 在图书馆中偶然发现一本少见的书。 stumble along 东倒西歪地走。 stumble at a straw 动辄为小事发愁。 n. 绊倒;失足;差错,失误,过失;失败。 n. -r 跌跤者;失错者;犯过失者;蹒跚行走者;结结巴巴演说者。
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" 同义词:trip, trip-up, misstep,
an unsteady uneven gait 同义词:lurch, stagger,
make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" 同义词:slip up, trip up,
miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root" 同义词:trip,
walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" 同义词:falter, bumble,
encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" 同义词:hit,
Stumble is Prakash Belawadi's debut film. It won the Indian National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2003.
例句与用法
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A couple of drunks stumbled past . 两个醉汉踉踉跄跄地走过去了。
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Fitzpiers stumbled and all but fell . 菲茨比尔斯的脚被绊了一下,差一点栽倒。
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He caught his foot on a tree root and stumbled . 他一只脚被树根绊住而跌倒了。
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He stumbled over the root of a tree . 他被树根绊了一下。
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Men make mistakes; horses stumble . 人有错手,马有失蹄。
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He stumbled backward against a chair and fell into it . 他趄趄趔趔倒在一把椅子上。
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I soon stumbled upon my first major revelation . 我很快就遇到了我第一个重要的启示。
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Still in shock i stumbled about in the house . 我仍感十分震惊地在房间里踌躇地转着。
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She felt as though she were stumbling up a mountain . 她觉得自己好象在跌跌撞撞地爬山。