stumble學測 L5KK [ˈstʌmbəl] | /ˈstʌmbəl/
絆倒;踉蹌·說錯話;結巴·偶然發現;無意間遇到
跌倒、說錯話、巧遇皆同一字
He stumbled on the wet floor but caught himself just in time.
他在濕滑的地板上踉蹌了一下,但及時穩住自己。
一個畫面:腳步踉蹌
踩空踉蹌腳下突然踩空,身體前傾晃動
話語卡頓說到一半卡住,斷斷續續
意外撞見沒有預期,忽然碰上某人或事
義項
踩空絆倒C2verb絆倒;踉蹌
He stumbled over a rock in the dark and nearly fell down.
他在黑暗中被石頭絆到,差點跌倒。
stumble over a rockstumble in the dark
話語卡頓C2verb說錯話;結巴
He stumbled over his words when he gave his speech.
他在演講時說得結結巴巴。
stumble through a speechstumble over words
意外撞見C2verb偶然發現;無意間遇到
I stumbled across my old friend while walking in the park.
我在公園散步時,偶然遇見了老朋友。
stumble acrossstumble upon
片語
stumble across巧遇 →無意間遇到人或事
stumble upon巧遇 →偶然碰上某事物
stumble over結巴 →說話卡住結結巴巴
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He ___ on the stairs and dropped his phone. (stumbled / tumbled)
看答案
stumbled
stumble 指踩空踉蹌未必跌倒,tumble 指整個人翻滾跌落,語意較重。
I ___ my old friend while walking in the park. (stumbled across / stumbled over)
看答案
stumbled across
stumble across 指無意間遇到,此句是巧遇老友,非跌倒。
字族
stumbling 踉蹌的;結巴的