stumble

stumble /'stʌmbl/
  • danh từ
    • sự vấp, sự sẩy chân, sự trượt chân
    • sự nói vấp
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự lầm lỡ, sự sai lầm
    • nội động từ
      • vấp, sẩy chân, trượt chân
        • to stumble along: đi lúc lúc lại vấp
      • nói vấp váp, nói lỡ
        • to stumble in a speech: đọc vấp váp một bài diễn văn
      • ngần ngại, lưỡng lực (trước một việc gì)
      • tình cờ gặp
        • to stumble upon somebody: tình cờ gặp ai
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) lầm lỡ, sai lầm
      • ngoại động từ
        • làm cho vấp, làm cho sấy chân, làm cho trượt chân

      Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
       vấp

      Xem thêm: lurch, stagger, trip, trip-up, misstep, falter, bumble, trip, hit, slip up, trip up



      stumble

      Từ điển Collocation

      stumble verb

      ADV. almost, nearly | a little, slightly She stumbled a little on the uneven path. | blindly He stumbled blindly on through the dark building. | about, along, around, away, back, backwards, forward, on, out

      PREP. against, along, down, from, into, out of, over, towards, etc. They stumbled over the ploughed field.

      PHRASES stumble to your feet The train stopped, and several passengers stumbled to their feet. PHRASAL VERBS stumble across/on/upon sth

      ADV. accidentally, by chance, unwittingly I stumbled across the place quite by chance.


      Từ điển WordNet

        n.

      • an unsteady uneven gait; lurch, stagger
      • an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; trip, trip-up, misstep

        he recited the whole poem without a single trip

        he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later

        confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

        v.

      • walk unsteadily; falter, bumble

        The drunk man stumbled about

      • miss a step and fall or nearly fall; trip

        She stumbled over the tree root

      • encounter by chance; hit

        I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant

      • make an error; slip up, trip up

        She slipped up and revealed the name


      English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

      stumbles|stumbled|stumbling
      syn.: falter flounder stagger tumble