单词 | to blunder one's way along |
释义 | > as lemmasto blunder one's way along a. intransitive. To move blindly or stupidly; to flounder, stumble. Often with on; also to blunder one's way along; and in senses partaking of 7, as to blunder into, blunder against. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > blindly or stupidly blunderc1386 bumble1807 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 861 Bayard the blynde, That blundreth [v.r. blondreth] forth, and peril casteth noon. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. A.iijv Wandre bloundrynge as a blynde man. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 17 The Sot..blunders on, and staggers ev'ry Pace. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. i. 8 To see them blund'ring by my Side. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 79 We had blundered into the carriage-entrance. 1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West v. 55 A large fish..blundered against Marquette's canoe. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 175 They..blundered on hopelessly through the unknown..country. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 143 The horses had to blunder their way along a bright, rushing river. < as lemmas |
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