| 释义 |
bum·ble
I. \ˈbəmbəl\ intransitive verb
(bumbled ; bumbled ; bumbling \-mb(ə)liŋ\ ; bumbles)
Etymology: Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin
1. : to make a humming sound : buzz
< the June bugs bumbled foolishly against the window screens — Jean Stafford >
2. : to make a low hollow sound : rumble
< we bumbled across the trestle into the city — Grace H. Flandrau >
II. verb
(bumbled ; bumbled ; bumbling \-mb(ə)liŋ\ ; bumbles)
Etymology: probably alteration (influenced by bumble) (I) of bungle
intransitive verb
1. : bungle, blunder
< someone bumbled and the advantage was lost >
specifically : to speak ineptly, stuttering and faltering
< he bumbled through his speech >
2. : to move or proceed unsteadily : stumble
< bumbling along absent-mindedly on rope-soled shoes — Sybille Bedford >
transitive verb
: bungle
III. noun
(-s)
1.
a. : jumble, snarl
b. : bungle, botch
2. chiefly Scotland : bungler, blunderer
IV. \ˈbəm(b)əl, ˈbu̇m-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for bumblebee
1. dialect England : bumblebee
2. chiefly Scotland : idler, loafer
3. [bumble (I) ] dialect England : bittern
V. \ˈbu̇məl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
dialect England : bulrush
VI. \ˈbəmbəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: after Bumble, a parish beadle in the novel Oliver Twist (1837-9) by Charles Dickens died 1870 English novelist
Britain : a pompous self-important minor official; especially : beadle |