stumble
verb
uk/ˈstʌm.bəl/us/ˈstʌm.bəl/stumbleverb(WALK)
C2[I]
tostepawkwardlywhilewalkingorrunningandfallorbegintofall:
绊脚；绊倒Running along thebeach, she stumbledonalogandfellon thesand.她沿着海滩跑步时绊到一块木头上摔倒了。
In thefinalstraightMeyers stumbled, andalthoughhe didn'tfallit was enough tolosehim firstplace.迈耶斯在最后的直道上绊了一下，虽然没有摔倒，但也足以使他丢掉第一的位置。
to go down onto the ground suddenly
- fallShe slipped and fell.
- dropSeveral apples dropped from the tree.
- collapseSeveral buildings collapsed in the earthquake.
- crumpleHe fainted and crumpled into a heap on the floor.
- tumbleA huge rock tumbled down the mountain.
- plungeFour of the mountaineers plunged to their deaths when their ropes broke.
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
towalkin a way that does notseemcontrolled:
跌跌撞撞地走，蹒跚而行We couldhearher stumblingabout/aroundthebedroomin thedark.我们可以听到她摸黑在卧室里跌跌撞撞地走动。
Hepulledon hisclothesand stumbledintothekitchen.他披上衣服，摇摇晃晃地走进厨房。
Falling and dropping
- ass
- collapse/fall in a heapidiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like fliesidiom
- faceplant
- fall away
- fly
- let goidiom
- mic drop
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- shower
- thump
- trip
- wayside
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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
stumbleverb(PAUSE)
C2[I]
to make amistake, such asrepeatingsomething orpausingfor toolong, whilespeakingorplayingapieceofmusic:
犯错；磕磕巴巴地说，支吾；不顺畅地演奏When thepoetstumbledoveralinein themiddleof apoem, someone in theaudiencecorrectedhim.诗人在朗诵一首诗的过程中念错了一句，听众中有人纠正了他。
Ways of speaking
- accented
- accentuation
- articulate
- bray
- cacoepy
- cut glass
- dialectal
- drawl
- elocution
- enunciate
- fluent
- jawbreaker
- plummy
- pragmatics
- pronunciation
- prosodic
- prosody
- signer
- sociolect
- toned
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Making mistakes
Phrasal verbs
stumble across/on/uponsomething/someone
stumble intosomething