| 单词 | blunder |
| 释义 | blunder (once / 492 pages) nv A blunder is an embarrassing mistake. Accidentally called your new boyfriend by your old boyfriend's name? Ouch. That's a blunder you don't want to repeat. Has an embarrassing mistake ever made you feel like you’re stumbling around with your eyes closed? If so, it won’t surprise you to learn that blunder comes from the Old Norse word blundra, meaning to “shut one's eyes.” It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that blunder came to refer to a stupid or embarrassing mistake, or as a verb, to describe making such a mistake, as in “I tend to blunder when I'm nervous.” WORD FAMILYblunder: blundered, blunderer, blundering, blunders+/blunderer: blunderers USAGE EXAMPLESBut a series of communication blunders between fragmented intelligence, police and prison authorities allowed the suspects to slip under the radar and conceal their plot. Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016) Those blunders essentially cost the Jaguars at least six points in a close game. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) He, not the CIA, is repeating the blunders of Iraq. Slate(Dec 12, 2016) 1n an embarrassing mistake Syn|Hypo|Hyper bloomer, blooper, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall bobble the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball spectaclea blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bulla serious and ludicrous blunder fumble, muff(sports) dropping the ball fluffa blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecisma socially awkward or tactless act howlera glaring blunder clangera conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate misstep, stumble, trip, trip-upan unintentional but embarrassing blunder error, fault, mistake a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention 2v commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake I blundered during the job interview Syn|Hyper boob, drop the ball, goof, sin breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises 3v utter impulsively He blundered his stupid ideas Syn|Hyper blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 4v make one's way clumsily or blindly Syn|Hyper fumble go across, go through, pass go across or through |
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