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单词

stumble

读音
ˈstʌmbl
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词根

"Stumble" 比较复杂,没有明显的词根。其源于古英语的“stumblen”,意为摇晃、踉跄。

释义

vi. 踌躇,蹒跚;失足;犯错 vt. 使…困惑;使…绊倒 n. 绊倒;蹒跚而行 [ 复数 stumbles 第三人称单数 stumbles 现在分词 stumbling 过去式 stumbled 过去分词 stumbled ]

例句

I hope you don't stumble over any event during the holiday.
我希望您不要绊倒在假期中的任何事件上。
She whirled suddenly, one arm reaching for something near her side but failed, and it made her stumble.
她突然转动身子,一只胳膊伸向身边,似乎想抓住什么但没抓到,这让她绊了一跤。
The sudden weakness in her legs made her stumble.
她突然两腿发软踉跄了一下。

强化记忆

你可以将 "stumble" 与 "tumble"(翻滚)联系起来记忆,两者都含有行动失稳的意象,帮助你记住这个单词。“Stumble”来源于 14 世纪的古英语,最初的含义更侧重于跌倒或不稳定行走,用于指遭遇物理障碍。随着语言的抽象化,它的意义也有所扩展,如今它也常被用来指代抽象的“错误”或“失误”。

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If you were a jackrabbit hopping through the desert,you’d be glad to stumble— well, maybe not stumble—across a cactus: the succulent flesh of these plants is a water source
and we don't even complain about that stuff anymore.So when you stumble upona stop sign pole that's wrapped in knitting
including to the boring bits.Because it's when we stumbleor hesitate or lose our words
we of course are taken aback.We stumble in a certain direction,generally away from the intimacy.
often researchers, anthropologists, or antiquarians–stumble onto hints of their existence.But even these indirect glimpses are enough to drive them insane.
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