stumbles

英 [ˈstʌmblz]

美 [ˈstʌmblz]

v.  绊脚; 跌跌撞撞地走; 蹒跚而行; (不顺畅地)说，读，演奏
stumble的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 绊脚;跌跌撞撞地走;踉跄;步履蹒跚
  If youstumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
  1. He stumbled and almost fell...
     他差点被绊倒。
  2. I stumbled into the telephone box and dialed 999.
     我跌跌撞撞地进了电话亭拨了 999。
  3. Stumbleis also a noun.
     
  4. I make it into the darkness with only one stumble.
     我只是绊了一下，周围就变成了一片黑暗。
• VERB (朗读或说话时)结巴，磕磕巴巴
  If youstumblewhile you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.
  1. ...his voice wavered and he stumbled over the words at one point.
     他声音颤抖，一度说话磕磕巴巴的

双语例句

• You usually stumbles, in a phrase, you are a jerk.
  你老是出错。一句话，你是个废物。
• Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
  也不属于那些指出强者，实干者。
• They may lose millions in shares and options if the company stumbles, but their pay-offs and pensions mean they never need work again.
  如果公司出了问题，他们的股份和期权可能会蒙受数百万的损失，但遣散费和养老金意味着，他们永远都不用再工作了。
• Mt.18:8 If your hand or your foot stumbles you, cut it off and cast it from you;
  太十八8若是你的手或你的脚绊跌你，就把它砍下来扔掉；
• Mary often stumbles in her speech.
  玛丽常常结结巴巴地讲话。
• He stumbles across Princess Anne as she is nearly sleeping by the side of a road.
  在路边他巧遇了昏昏欲睡的安妮公主。
• She speaks English so well that she never stumbles through her talk with foreigners.
  她的英语讲得很好，与外国朋友交谈从不费劲。
• He alternately stumbles and blazes through his career, but is unable to find balance.
  在职场中，他一路横冲直撞，却无法找到平衡。
• It's only a matter of time before he stumbles on the seeds of an inside drug operation.
  时间不长，他就发现了警察内部贩毒的端倪。
• When a woman stood at the end of the platform smoking a cigarette, but then suddenly, she stumbles and falls.
  一位女士站在月台的边上吸香烟，但随后她突然打了个趔趄，摔下了月台。