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单词 stumble across
释义

stumble across

or stumble on
phrasal verb
If you stumble across something or stumble on it, you find it or discover it unexpectedly.
I stumbled across a simple method for understanding where my money went. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
History relates that they stumbled on a magnificent waterfall. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
See full dictionary entry for stumble

Examples of 'stumble across' in a sentence
stumble across

But to stumble across such pictures for the first time is incredible.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But gradually he began to realise what he had stumbled across.
The Sun (2010)
Did we just stumble across it?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That's not something you stumble across on your holidays very often.
The Sun (2009)
I stumbled across it while clearing my house.
The Sun (2015)
Maybe Scunny have stumbled across something.
The Sun (2007)
If you stumbled across one of these paintings in a junk shop, would it make you stop to take another look?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We had, quite by chance, stumbled across two perfect peaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
And as our stunning picture shows we've stumbled across the real Yeti.
The Sun (2009)
He'd been attacked by a buffalo bull in Tanzania a few years back after stumbling across the animal by accident.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Chinese translation of 'stumble across'

stumble across

or stumble on

vt fus

  1. 偶然遇到 (ǒurán yùdào)
See stumble

Nearby words of
stumble across

  • stuffing
  • stuffy
  • stumble
  • stumble across
  • stump
  • stump up
  • stun
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