stumped
怔住了,困惑不解的,困惑不解,困惑
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Definitions
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- : the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- : the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off.
- : a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum.
- : a short remnant, as of a candle; stub.
- : any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed.
- : an artificial leg.
- : Usually stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here.
- : a short, stocky person.
- : a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person.
- : the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump.
- : Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc.Compare post.
- : a short, thick roll of paper, soft leather, or some similar material, usually having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade.
- : Cricket. each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket.
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- : to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop.
- : to clear of stumps, as land.
- : Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe.
- : to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me.
- : to challenge or dare to do something.
- : to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state.
- : Cricket. to put out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand at a moment when the batsman is off his ground.
- : to tone or modify by means of a stump.
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- : to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck.
- : to make political campaign speeches; electioneer.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Bob Kaiser, chief of tropical diseases at the CDC, was stumped by the descriptions of the fever.
When the Norwegian duo Ylvis posed it this summer, it stumped us good.
Barbie Latza Nadeau on the morbid case that has Italian authorities stumped.
The two young girls are now the only known witnesses to a crime that has so far stumped French investigators.
It was here, alone in his cabin, feeling irrevocably stumped, that Dylan, as if out of nowhere, had his major breakthrough.
A month later, he turned sharp round, ere half a morning walk was completed, and stumped back to the house.
He flattered himself that by timely suggestion he had stumped at least half a dozen would-be candidates for Mildreds hand.
Well, nobody could think of anything to do—everybody was stumped, and set still.
Newton smiled his thanks to the considerate old pensioners, as they stumped out of the door, and left him alone with his father.
As soon as Welcome could jerk the pin loose, he whirled and stumped furiously back in the direction of Chub and Penny.