stumbled
past simple and past participle ofstumble
| 单词 | stumbled |
| 释义 | stumbled past simple and past participle ofstumble stumble verb uk/ˈstʌm.bəl/us/ˈstʌm.bəl/stumbleverb(WALK)C2[I] tostepawkwardlywhilewalkingorrunningandfallorbegintofall: Running along thebeach, she stumbledonalogandfellon thesand. In thefinalstraightMeyers stumbled, andalthoughhe didn'tfallit was enough tolosehim firstplace. to go down onto the ground suddenly
[Iusually+ adv/prep] towalkin a way that does notseemcontrolled: We couldhearher stumblingabout/aroundthebedroomin thedark. Hepulledon hisclothesand stumbledintothekitchen. Falling and dropping
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving unsteadily or with difficulty stumbleverb(PAUSE)C2[I] to make amistake, such asrepeatingsomething orpausingfor toolong, whilespeakingorplayingapieceofmusic: When thepoetstumbledoveralinein themiddleof apoem, someone in theaudiencecorrectedhim. Ways of speaking
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making mistakes Phrasal verbsstumble across/on/uponsomething/someone stumble intosomething Examplesofstumbledstumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some years ago a farmer working his fieldstumbledon the entrance of a shaft tomb. From theCambridge English Corpus Hestumbled, inarticulate and inchoate, unable to defend the abysmal record of his government. From theCambridge English Corpus I honestly don't remember much of what was said until westumbledon a shared love of baseball. From theCambridge English Corpus It appears that social psychology is a discipline that hasstumbledonto a series of interesting phenomena that, so far, elude systematic scientific inquiry. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, one sometimes feels as if one hasstumbledinto a private party of some mutual admiration society ! From theCambridge English Corpus Biologists hadstumbledacross a new form of microbial life without recognizing that they had done so. From theCambridge English Corpus At least one criticstumbledon precisely this point. From theCambridge English Corpus I seemed to havestumbledon a way to gather data to generate plausible new ideas. From theCambridge English Corpus One utterance was discarded because the speakerstumbledand corrected himself in the middle of the sentence. From theCambridge English Corpus The party hadstumbledalong with a membership of between 3,000 and 5,000 for most of the first fiveand-a-half years after its formation in 1920. From theCambridge English Corpus Sometimes, theystumbledinto enemy territory because they did not know where the foe was, or even exactly where they themselves were. From theCambridge English Corpus By the end of 1989 the reform processstumbled. From theCambridge English Corpus I am like a child in a children's book who hasstumbledthrough a gap in reality and fallen headlong into another world. From theCambridge English Corpus Istumbledacross biology by chance at a dinner party. From theCambridge English Corpus The stranger attempted to prolong the exchange, perhaps believing he hadstumbledacross a potential patron. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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