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单词 stumbler
释义

stumblern.

Brit. /ˈstʌmblə/, U.S. /ˈstəmb(ə)lər/
Etymology: < stumble v. + -er suffix1.
1. One who, or something which stumbles; esp. a horse that is given to stumbling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > one who
stumblerc1440
tripper1806
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 481/1 Stumlere (or stomelare) cespitator.
1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.iv Stumble at a strawe, and leape ouer a blocke, Such stumblers are blockheads.
1613 N. Breton Vncasing Machiuils Instr. 26 Riding a stumbler hold fast the bridle.
1633 G. Herbert Church Porch in Temple xxxvi A stumbler stumbles least in rugged way.
1796 S. T. Coleridge To Infant 5 Poor stumbler on the rocky coast of Woe.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. liv. 124 The horses were all sad stumblers.
1894 G. Meredith Foresight & Patience in Poet. Wks. (1912) 418 Yet, happy for us when, their cause defined, They walk no longer with a stumbler blind.
2. A cause of stumbling; a ‘poser’.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem
knotc1000
a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450
dark, hard sentence1535
nut1540
Gordian knot1579
nodus1728
teaser1759
stumper1807
Chinese puzzlec1815
facer1828
sticker1849
grueller1856
stumbler1863
twister1879
1863 P. Davidson Pentateuch Vindic. ii. 33 Here was a stumbler for the priests and a marrowbone for the infidels.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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