源自原始日耳曼語 *stam- (「摔跤;結巴,口吃」),從而與德語 stumm (「啞的」)、荷蘭語 stom (「笨的」)有關。stammer 的同源對似詞。
- 國際音標(幫助): /ˈstʌmbəl/
- 韻部:-ʌmbəl
stumble (複數 stumbles)
- 摔跤,跌倒,失足
- 失誤,出錯,出糗
- 踉蹌
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.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
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)
- (不及物) 摔倒,跌倒;踉蹌
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.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
He stumbled over a rock.- 他踩到石頭跌倒了。
- (不及物) 失誤,犯錯
I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.- 我老是在西班牙語動詞上出錯。
- (及物) 使...跌倒,絆倒
- (及物,比喻義) 誤導,使...失誤
- Template:RQ:Milton Areo
- Template:RQ:Locke Malebranche
- One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis.
- 意外碰到,偶然碰到(帶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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024年),「stumble」,《線上詞源詞典》(Online Etymology Dictionary)