英语词汇“stump”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

stumpstump1 /stʌmp/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYstump¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Middle Low German

1science, biology the bottom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the rest of it has been cut down2the short part of someone’s leg, arm, etc. that remains after the rest of it has been cut off3the small useless part of something that remains after most of it has broken off or worn away4on the stump social studies, politics if a politician is on the stump, he or she is on a trip, making public speeches, meeting voters, and trying to get their support

noun | verb

stumpstump2 verb

VERB TABLE

stump

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	stump
	he, she, it	stumps
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	stumped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have stumped
	he, she, it	has stumped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had stumped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will stump
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have stumped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am stumping
	he, she, it	is stumping
	you, we, they	are stumping
Past	I, he, she, it	was stumping
	you, we, they	were stumping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been stumping
	he, she, it	has been stumping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been stumping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be stumping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been stumping

1[transitive] to ask someone such a difficult question that he or she is completely unable to think of an answer: The case has stumped the police for months.2[intransitive, transitive] social studies, politics to travel around an area, meeting people and making speeches in order to gain political support3[intransitive + up/along/across] to walk with heavy steps SYN stomp—stumped adjective [not before noun]