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单词 stumble
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stumble
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To stumble means to nearly fall by tripping or missing a step. When you walk over uneven cobblestones, it’s easy to stumble, so please be careful.
While stumble often means to nearly fall, it can also mean to make a misstep of a different kind. If you stumble over your words, you speak in a stuttering confused manner. Politicians make so many public decisions that they're bound to stumble — make a mistake — occasionally. When you stumble on rare mushrooms, i.e. come across them unexpectedly, be sure have the species verified before you eat them.
WORD FAMILY
stumble: stumbled, stumbler, stumbles, stumbling+/stumbler: stumblers
USAGE EXAMPLES
“The stumbling block over and over again is the federal illegality,” he said.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
After World War II, the United States stumbled upon a global strategy.
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
At one point, he hit a Palm Beach Lakes running back so hard that the player stumbled grotesquely around the field before collapsing.
The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)
1v miss a step and fall or nearly fall
She stumbled over the tree root
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
trip
founder
stumble and nearly fall
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
2v walk unsteadily
The drunk man stumbled about
Syn|Hyper
bumble, falter
walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
3v make an error
Syn|Hyper
slip up, trip up
err, mistake, slip
to make a mistake or be incorrect
4v encounter by chance
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant
Syn|Hyper
hit
come by, come into
obtain, especially accidentally
5n an unsteady, uneven gait
Syn|Hyper
lurch, stagger
gait
a person's manner of walking
6n an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Syn|Hyper
misstep, trip, trip-up
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake
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