bumble

英 [ˈbʌmbl]

美 [ˈbʌmbl]

v.  笨手笨脚; 跌跌撞撞

现在分词：bumbling　过去式：bumbled　第三人称单数：bumbles　复数：bumbles　过去分词：bumbled　

GRE

BNC.31044 / COCA.23250

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 笨手笨脚；跌跌撞撞
  to act or move in an awkward or confused way
  1. I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen.
     我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。

英英释义

verb

• speak haltingly
  1. The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
  Synonym:stutterstammerfalter
• walk unsteadily
  1. The drunk man stumbled about
  Synonym:stumblefalter
• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  Synonym:botchbodgefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

双语例句

• He didn't bumble for the honeyed words of the landlord.
  他没有被这个地主的甜言蜜语所欺骗。
• They have also asked for news of the arrival of swifts, swallows, bumble bees, queen wasps, and daisies.
  同时他们也征集有关雨燕、燕子、大黄蜂、胡蜂后和雏菊花出现的消息。
• The bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly.
  大黄蜂本来是不可以飞翔的。
• If Mr Bumble had known this earlier, he might have told a different story, but now it was too late.
  如果班布尔早知道是这样的话，他说的可能会与刚才说的完全不一样，可现在已为时太晚了。
• Mr Bumble shook his head again, very seriously, and turned down the corners of his mouth.
  班布尔先生非常严肃地又摇了摇头，撇了撇嘴。
• One day Mr Bumble met the local undertaker, Mr Sowerberry, outside the workhouse.
  一天，班布尔先生在济贫院外面遇见了当地的棺材店老板索尔贝里先生。
• The lily smiled at Shandie the bumble bee.
  澄色百合花对著小蜜蜂仙蒂微笑著。
• It was, in fact, Mr Bumble the beadle, Oliver's old enemy.
  其实，他就是班布尔先生，那位执事，奥利弗的老对头。
• Mr Bumble shook his head.
  班布尔先生摇了摇头。
• Mr Bumble coughed again, and slightly smiled.
  班布尔先生又咳嗽一声，微微一笑。