单词 | stump |
释义 | Word Frequency stump(stʌmp) noun 1. the base part of a tree trunk left standing after the tree has been felled or has fallen 2. the part of something, such as a tooth, limb, or blade, that remains after a larger part has been removed 3. informal, facetious a. (often plural) a leg b. stir one's stumps 4. cricket any of three upright wooden sticks that, with two bails laid across them, form a wicket (the stumps) 5. Also called: tortillon a short sharply-pointed stick of cork or rolled paper or leather, used in drawing and shading 6. a heavy tread or the sound of heavy footsteps 7. a platform used by an orator when addressing a meeting 8. (often plural) Australian a pile used to support a house 9. draw stumps 10. on the stump verb 11. (transitive) to stop, confuse, or puzzle 12. (intransitive) to plod or trudge heavily 13. (transitive) cricket (of a fielder, esp a wicketkeeper) to dismiss (a batsman) by breaking the wicket with the ball or with the ball in the hand while he or she is out of the crease 14. mainly US and Canadian to campaign or canvass (an area), esp by political speech-making 15. (transitive) to reduce to a stump; lop 16. (transitive) to clear (land) of stumps Derived forms stumper (ˈstumper) noun Word origin C14: from Middle Low German stump; related to Dutch stomp, German Stumpf; see stamp |
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