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bumbler

/buhm-buhl/US // ˈbʌm bəl //UK // (ˈbʌmbəl) //

笨手笨脚的人,笨重的人,笨手笨脚者,混混儿

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    bum·bled, bum·bling.

    • : to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
    • : to stumble or stagger.
    • : to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.
v.有主动词 verb
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    bum·bled, bum·bling.

    • : to do clumsily; botch.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an awkward blunder.

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Examples

  • When some small, edible creature such as an ant bumbles against the strand, it breaks loose from the ground and yanks the tiny morsel upward to flail helplessly in the air.

  • Meanwhile, Periscope which has largely bumbled along over the years, is in a particularly fragile place with app code emerging just today that indicates an impending shutdown for the app.

  • Zach Woods and Suzy Nakamura round out the cast as other Avenue 5 employees, all of whom bumble around while attempting to maintain order onboard.

  • But here comes the Bumbler, and now for the agony of the entertainment.

  • Monsieur, we may observe, had completely superseded the Bumbler, just as a colonel supersedes a captain on coming up.