| 释义 |
stump /stump/ noun- The part of a felled or fallen tree left in the ground
- A short thick remaining basal part, esp of anything that projects
- A short thick branch
- A leg (facetious)
- A wooden leg
- Anything stumpy
- A stumping walk or its sound
- A pencil of soft material for softening hard lines, blending, etc (also tortillon)
- One of the three sticks forming (with the bails) a wicket (cricket)
- A challenge to perform a feat (US)
- A tree stump or similar, used as a platform, eg by a public speaker
adjective- Reduced to a stump
- Stumpy
transitive verb- To reduce to a stump
- To remove stumps from
- (of the wicketkeeper; sometimes with out) to dismiss by breaking the wicket when the striker is out of his or her ground (cricket)
- To clear out of money (slang)
- To nonplus, foil, defeat
- To soften or tone with a stump
- To walk over or strike heavily and stiffly
- To traverse (an area) making political speeches
- To dare, challenge (US)
intransitive verb- To walk stiffly and heavily, as if on wooden legs
- To make political speeches from improvised platforms
ORIGIN: Cf Du stomp, MLGer stump, ON stumpr, Ger Stumpf stumpˈage noun (US) Standing timber, its monetary value, or money paid for it stumpˈer noun stumpˈily adverb stumpˈiness noun stumpˈing noun stumps singular noun (cricket) The end of play stumpˈy adjective - Short and thick
- Full of stumps (US)
noun (slang)Cash stump orator noun - One who speaks from an improvised platform, usu with an implication of rant
- (in the USA) a political public speaker in general
stump oratory noun stump speech noun stump work noun Elaborate raised embroidery of the 15c–17c using various materials and raised by stumps of wood or pads of wool draw stumps (cricket) To end play (also figurative) on the stump Engaged in a (political) speech-making tour, campaign stir one's stumps To move, be active stump up To pay up, fork out |