Stumble



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GRE 红宝书

• v. 绊脚; 蹒跚而行; 打结巴
• ［英］ 绊脚 ( hit one's foot against something while moving along and start to fall) 蹒跚而行 ( walk unsteadily) 打结巴 ( stop and / or make mistakes in speaking aloud)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (stumbled; stumbling)

• Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect stumle to stumble
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to fall into sin or waywardness
    • b. to make an error ; blunder
    • c. to come to an obstacle to belief
  • 2. to trip in walking or running
  • 3.
    • a. to walk unsteadily or clumsily
    • b. to speak or act in a hesitant or faltering manner
  • 4.
    • a. to come unexpectedly or by chance <stumble onto the truth>
    • b. to fall or move carelessly
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to stumble ; trip
  • 2. bewilder, confound
• ? stumbler noun
• ? stumblingly adverb

II. noun

• Date: 1547
• an act or instance of stumbling

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