stump

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n. 残株, 树桩, 烟蒂, 讲演台 vt. 砍断, 挑战, 难住 vi. 蹒跚而走

发音

US /stʌmp/
AU /stʌmp/

词形变化

stumps 复数 stumps stumped stumpedst stumpeth stumping stumps 三单 stumping 现在分词 stumped 过去式 stumped 过去分词 stumpest stumpedst 过去式 stumpeth 三单 stumped 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

树桩;残余部分;假肢

动词

砍伐;使为难;在…作巡回政治演说

动词

笨重地行走;发表竞选演说

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

    树桩

    树墩

  2. 2.

    The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.

    政治
  3. 3.

    A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.

    体育 游戏
  5. 5.

    An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.

    擦笔

  6. 6.

    A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.

  7. 7.

    A leg.

    幽默 俚语

    to stir one's stumps

  8. 8.

    A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.

  9. 9.

    A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

v.
  1. 1.

    To stop, confuse, or puzzle.

    非正式 及物
  2. 2.

    To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.

    非正式 不及物

    This last question has me stumped.

  3. 3.

    To campaign.

    不及物

    He’s been stumping for that reform for months.

  4. 4.

    To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.

    美国 非正式 及物
  5. 5.

    To get a batsman out stumped.

    及物 体育 游戏
  6. 6.

    To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).

    及物 体育 游戏
  7. 7.

    To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.

    不及物
  8. 8.

    To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.

    及物
  9. 9.

    To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.

    及物

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn. Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.

来源:wiktionary