stumble

源自原始日耳曼語 *stam- (“摔跤；结巴，口吃”)，从而与德語 stumm (“哑的”)、荷蘭語 stom (“笨的”)有关。stammer 的同源對似詞。

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈstʌmbəl/

• （美国）音频：

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• 韻部：-ʌmbəl

stumble (複數 stumbles)

1. 摔跤，跌倒，失足
2. 失误，出错，出糗
3. 踉跄
   • 2013年6月8日, “The new masters and commanders”, 出自 The Economist, 第 407 卷, 第 8839 期，第 52 頁:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

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• (失误)： blooper、blunder、boo-boo、defect、error、fault、faux pas、fluff、gaffe、lapse、mistake、slip、thinko

stumble (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 stumbles，現在分詞 stumbling，一般過去時及過去分詞 stumbled)

1. (不及物) 摔倒，跌倒；踉跄
   • 1820, 沃尔特·司各特, 艾凡赫, 第 (please specify |volume=I, II, or III) 卷s, 爱丁堡: […] Archibald Constable and Co.；伦敦：Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     He stumbled up the dark avenue.

     他跌跌撞撞地走在漆黑的街上。

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, 章號 1, 出自 Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for.

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   He stumbled over a rock.

   他踩到石头跌倒了。

2. (不及物) 失误，犯错

   I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

   我老是在西班牙语动词上出错。

3. (及物) 使...跌倒，绊倒
4. (及物，比喻義) 误导，使...失误
   • Template:RQ:Milton Areo
   • Template:RQ:Locke Malebranche

     One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis.

5. 意外碰到，偶然碰到（带on、upon或against）
   • Template:RQ:Dryden Epistles

     He [Ovid] had stumbled, by some inadvertency, upon the privacies of Livia […] in a bath.

   • 1754, Christopher Smart, Snake

     Forth as she waddled in the brake, / A grey goose stumbled on a snake.

• stumble across
• stumble against
• stumble on
• stumble upon

• stumbling block

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024年)，“stumble”，《在线词源词典》（Online Etymology Dictionary）

• tumbles