stumble across 的定义
- Also, stumble on. Find by chance, discover or meet with unexpectedly. For example, When we were hiking up the mountain we stumbled across a few abandoned shepherd's huts, or At the flea market Alfred stumbled on a quite valuable old lithograph. This idiom uses stumble in the sense of “accidentally trip.” [Mid-1500s]
stumble across 近义词
等同于 strike
更多stumble across例句
- In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
- The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.
- Opponents of Muslims and immigrants across the continent are claiming vindication in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
- “This is a federal mandate that is causing some real problems for schools across the country,” Kline told a CBS affiliate in July.
- His peers remember him as a bright man who spoke softly and occasionally came across as a bit shy.
- Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
- Specimens were easily collected in a mist net placed across the opening.
- They ran side by side across the yard to a roofed flight of steps that led to the printing-office.
- The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.
- His head fell back limp on MacRae's arm, and the rest of the message went with the game old Dutchman across the big divide.