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stumbling

/stuhm-buhl/US // ˈstʌm bəl //UK // (ˈstʌmbəl) //

跌跌撞撞,跌跌撞撞的,步履蹒跚,跌跌不休的

Related Words

bumble熊猫,大黄蜂,熊孩子,熊熊shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤hesitate犹豫不决,犹豫,迟疑不决,踌躇不决wobble摇摆不定,晃动,摇摆,摇摆不定的limp跛脚,跛脚的,跛行,瘫痪swing摆动,摇摆,挥杆,摆荡lurch蹒跚而行,蹒跚学步,蹒跚,蹒跚的脚步flounder鲽鱼,漫天飞舞,漫天飞舞的鱼群,漫无目的的游荡lumber木材,木材类,木材业,木材加工waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒falter趑趄不前,摇摆不定,衰退,摇摇欲坠careen护理,护理车,护理人员,护理员fall down倒下,跌倒,摔倒,掉下来bump碰撞,撞击,颠簸,撞伤tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的totter蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,图腾,蹒跚topple倾覆,颠覆,倾倒,颠倒err错,误差,错了,谬误tilt倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,俯仰

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stum·bled, stum·bling.

    • : to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
    • : to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage.
    • : to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially a sinful one: to stumble over a question; to stumble and fall from grace.
    • : to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech.
    • : to discover or meet with accidentally or unexpectedly: They stumbled on a little village.
    • : to falter or hesitate, as at an obstacle to progress or belief.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stum·bled, stum·bling.

    • : to cause to stumble; trip.
    • : to give pause to; puzzle or perplex.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of stumbling.
    • : a moral lapse or error.
    • : a slip or blunder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbslip, stagger
Synonyms
bumble熊猫,大黄蜂,熊孩子,熊熊careen护理,护理车,护理人员,护理员fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒fall down倒下,跌倒,摔倒,掉下来falter趑趄不前,摇摆不定,衰退,摇摇欲坠flounder鲽鱼,漫天飞舞,漫天飞舞的鱼群,漫无目的的游荡hesitate犹豫不决,犹豫,迟疑不决,踌躇不决limp跛脚,跛脚的,跛行,瘫痪lumber木材,木材类,木材业,木材加工lurch蹒跚而行,蹒跚学步,蹒跚,蹒跚的脚步shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤swing摆动,摇摆,挥杆,摆荡waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的wobble摇摆不定,晃动,摇摆,摇摆不定的blunder失误,大错特错,失策err错,误差,错了,谬误muddle淆乱,搞乱,淆杂,淆乱的pitch沥青,场地,俯视,俯瞰reel卷轴,卷筒,卷盘,卷带stammer口吃,支支吾吾,结巴,支支吾吾的tilt倾斜,倾斜度,倾斜的,俯仰topple倾覆,颠覆,倾倒,颠倒totter蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,图腾,蹒跚trip旅行,旅程,旅程中,旅行中wallow沉湎,沉湎其中,沉睡,沉溺lose balance失衡,失态,失去平衡,失调
verbhappen upon
Synonyms
bump碰撞,撞击,颠簸,撞伤tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的chance机会,机遇,机缘,的机会discover发现,发觉,发现的,探索encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了find发现,找到,找到了,找到的hit撞击,冲击,撞击声,敲击light光,光线,光明,光照luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接blunder upon误入歧途,错失良机,忽悠人,误入歧途的chance upon赶上,赶上了,赶到时,赶不上come across见过,遇到,相遇,见过的come up against遇到,遇到的,遇到的问题,遇到的情况fall upon跌倒在地,跌倒在地上,倾覆,跌倒在地的light upon亮光,亮起,亮了,光明run across跑过,穿过,横穿,横跨stub toe on趾高气扬,趾高气扬的,趾高气昂,趾高气扬的样子turn up转身,翻身,出现,转变

Examples

  • The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

  • In the edited conversation below, Earley, 53, talks of Ernest Hemingway, technical challenges, and stumbling toward the light.

  • Slayman eased the young man—Matt, from Pennsylvania—out of the car and got him on his stumbling way.

  • I carried the puppy up the hill, stumbling under the weight.

  • If I could sum it up in a few choice words, I would, but instead I hem and haw, before stumbling through some rambling rejoinder.

  • He walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground.

  • The lowing of cattle and the soft stumbling tread of many unshod feet told him that some one was approaching.

  • How I do wish sometimes to give Ritchie a jog, when there is some stumbling-block that he sticks fast at.

  • This design reveals a stumbling-block that superficial people fall over.

  • At this critical moment feet were heard clattering and stumbling up the stair as if in tremendous haste.

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