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单词 stumble
释义 stumble
 —stumbler,  n.   —stumblingly,  adv.  
 /stum"beuhl/,  v.  , stumbled, stumbling,  n.  
  v.i.  
  1. to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
  2. to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage.
  3. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, esp. a sinful one: to stumble over a question; to stumble and fall from grace.
  4. to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech (often fol. by along).
  5. to discover or meet with accidentally or unexpectedly (usually fol. by on, upon, or across): They stumbled on a little village.
  6. to falter or hesitate, as at an obstacle to progress or belief.
  v.t.  
  7. to cause to stumble; trip.
  8. to give pause to; puzzle or perplex.
  n.  
  9. the act of stumbling.
  10. a moral lapse or error.
  11. a slip or blunder.
 [1275-1325; ME stumblen; c. Norw stumla to grope and stumble in the dark; akin to STAMMER]
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