English主要词典
stumble
Universal Words
verb [V]
1 ~ (over / on sth) to hit your foot against sth while you are walking or running and almost fall:
The child stumbled and fell. * I stumbled over a rock.
2 [+adv./prep.] to walk or move in an unsteady way:
Max stumbled out of bed sleepily. * We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle.
3 ~ (over / through sth) to make a mistake or mistakes and stop while you are speaking, reading to sb or playing music:
In her nervousness she stumbled over her words. * I stumbled through the piano piece with difficulty.
stumble noun
PHRASALVERBS
stumble across / on / upon sth/sb to discover sth/sb unexpectedly:
Police have stumbled across a huge drugs ring. * I stumbled across Thompson outside the hotel.
stumble into sth to become involved in sth by chance:
I stumbled into acting when I left college.
