stumble
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over. 踉蹌; 絆腳
He stumbled and almost fell. 他絆了一下，差點兒摔倒。
2. N-COUNT Stumble is also a noun. 踉蹌; 絆腳
I make it into the darkness with only one stumble. 我只踉蹌了一下就把它弄進了黑暗中。
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stumble /?st?mb?l/ (stumbling,stumbled,stumbles)
劍橋詞典
stumble verb (WALK)
[ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 ]to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall
絆腳；絆倒
Running along the beach , she stumbled on a log and fell on the sand . 她沿著海灘跑步時絆到一塊木頭上摔倒了。
In the final straight Meyers stumbled, and although he didn't fall it was enough to lose him first place . 邁耶斯在最后的直道上絆了一下，雖然沒有摔倒，但也足以使他丟掉第一的位置。
[ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 經(jīng)常 后面必須接副詞或介詞的動詞 ]
to walk in a way that does not seem controlled
跌跌撞撞地走，蹣跚而行
We could hear her stumbling about/around the bedroom in the dark . 我們可以聽到她摸黑在臥室里跌跌撞撞地走動。
He pulled on his clothes and stumbled into the kitchen . 他披上衣服，搖搖晃晃地走進廚房。
stumble verb (PAUSE)
[ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 ]to make a mistake , such as repeating something or pausing for too long , while speaking or playing a piece of music
犯錯；磕磕巴巴地說，支吾；不順暢地演奏
When the poet stumbled over a line in the middle of a poem , someone in the audience corrected him. 詩人在朗誦一首詩的過程中念錯了一句，聽眾中有人糾正了他。
短語動詞
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