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词汇 bumble
释义 bumble
verb[ I+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈbʌm.bəl/ us /ˈbʌm.bəl/
to speak or move in a confused way结结巴巴地讲话;笨手笨脚地走,踉跄
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to walk in a way that is not controlled or even
stumbleHe was stumbling around the house like he was drunk.
lumberWe held our breath as a black bear lumbered across the hiking trail ahead of us.
galumphThe children galumphed down the steps and raced outside to play.
bumbleHe bumbled into her and spilled her drink down her gown.
falterThe dancer faltered right before the jump and landed awkwardly.
totterHe tottered carefully down the gangplank, clutching at the railing.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Inability and awkwardness
accident-prone
adorkable
all thumbsidiom
amateurish
amateurishly
fumblingly
functional illiteracy
gauche
gauchely
gawkily
inexpertly
jack-of-all-trades
jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
klutzy
like a bull in a china shopidiom
uncoordinated
uneducable
unenterprising
unequal
ungainly

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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
Examples from literature

An enormous trailer-truck combination came bumbling toward them. 
Bees bumbled among the flowers and flew past, laden. 
The squadron, though, went bumbling upward. 
Well, dearie, dearie me, the sight of you is good for tired eyes, Charlotte, she bumbled in her rich, deep old voice. 
When the shadow of a branch would cross that slowly lumbering vehicle, the swarm would rise and bumble around distractedly for a moment before settling down again. 

Examples of bumble


bumble
There is something terrible about seeing others go about life with rational deliberateness while we continue to bumble around.
The other camouflage was the removal of the ground bass, or rather, its elaboration as a bumbling lower part.
Pouvreau (1974) briefly summarized the information on parasitoids of bumble bees.
They are inclined to bumble along in their own sweet way.
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I know that he is trying to be helpful, but he must let me get on o my own bumbling way.
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Together with the marvellous processes of nature these things make farming, in my bumble opinion, one of the most fascinating of occupations.
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We bumble about, think about fairness, precedents and all the rest of it, and of course get nowhere.
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Last week's episode was characterised by bumbling ineptitude.
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We have had bumbling amateurism for far too long in town halls the length and breadth of this land.
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I cannot conceive why that should be regarded as bumbling and bodging.
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The truth is that his handling of the teachers' dispute has been insensitive, bumbling and highly damaging to the education of our children.
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He bumbled along from one subject to another.
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There the train bumbles along rather like a school bus.
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This is not a matter on which the country will indefinitely tolerate bumbling along at the pace to which they are accustomed.
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If we go bumbling about and not making up our minds, we shall drift on until we come into the most appalling disaster.
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