| 单词 | to bumble along |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto bumble along to bumble along 1. intransitive. To move slowly or awkwardly along one's way. ΚΠ 1898 Fort Wayne (Indiana) News 6 Aug. She stood unsteadily.., trying to preserve her balance as the 'bus bumbled along. 1927 V. Sackville-West Let. 2 Feb. in Lett. to V. Woolf (1984) 147 The train bumbles along at a pleasantly slow pace. 1995 On the Edge Aug. 44/1 The Tortoises..just bumbled along from dawn to dusk, be it very slowly and effectively, but easily keeping abreast of the Hares romping up the route no trouble at all. 2. intransitive. To live one's life or continue in a course of action without a plan, goal, or guiding principle; to muddle along. ΚΠ 1958 Logansport (Indiana) Pharos Tribune 16 Oct. 4/1 Some local P.T.A. groups are keenly responsive to needs for improvement in facilities or in the quality of education; others bumble along without imagination, in a rut of stale programming. 1996 Company Dec. 101/2 Many people just bumble along in relationships without really noticing what's happening. 2006 Guardian 8 Apr. i. 37/5 Content as I am to bumble along uninterested in decorating and unconsoled by shopping. < as lemmas |
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