Bumble



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 说话含糊
• ［英］ v. 说话含糊 ( to stumble)
• ［同］ 近形词: humble ( 谦虚的) ; stumble ( 跌倒, 结巴地说) , bumblebee ( 大黄蜂)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (bumbled; bumbling)

• Etymology: Middle English bomblen to boom, of imitative origin
• Date: 15th century
• 1. buzz
• 2. drone, rumble

II. verb (bumbled; bumbling)

• Etymology: perhaps alteration of bungle
• Date: 1532
• intransitive verb
  • 1. blunder; specifically to speak ineptly in a stuttering and faltering manner
  • 2. to proceed unsteadily ; stumble
• transitive verb
  • bungle
• ? bumbler noun
• ? bumblingly adverb

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