单词 | stumble |
释义 | stumble v. & n. --v   1. intr. lurch forward or have a partial fall from catching or striking or misplacing one's foot.   2. intr. (often foll. by along) walk with repeated stumbles.   3. intr. make a mistake or repeated mistakes in speaking etc.   4. intr. (foll. by on, upon, across) find or encounter by chance (stumbled on a disused well). --n an act of stumbling. Phrases and idioms stumbling-block an obstacle or circumstance causing difficulty or hesitation. Derivatives stumbler n. stumblingly adv. Etymology: ME stumble (with euphonic b) corresp. to Norw. stumla: rel. to STAMMER |
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