1stumble (over/on sth) to hit your foot against sth when you are walking or running and almost fall over 绊脚;绊了一下
2stumble (over/through sth) to make a mistake when you are speaking, playing music, etc (说话、演奏等时)犯错:
The newsreader stumbled over the name of the Russian tennis player.新闻读稿员说错了那个俄罗斯网球选手的名字。
stumble across/on sb/sth to meet or find sb/sth by chance 偶遇;意外地发现
stumble/ˋstʌmbḷ; ˈstʌmb$l/v [I] 1 to almost fall while you are walking 绊脚﹐绊跌: +over/on Vic stumbled over the step as he came in. 维克进来时在台阶上绊了一下。see box at见 FALL1 方框2 to stop or make a mistake when you are speaking〔说话时〕结巴﹐说错: +over I hope I don’t stumble over any of the long words. 希望我说那些长单词不会结结巴巴。 stumble on/across sb/sthphr v to find something or someone by chance 偶然发现﹐偶然碰到: While clearing out a cupboard, she stumbled across one of her old diaries. 清理橱柜的时候﹐她偶然发现了自己的一本旧日记。
stumblestumblestumblesstumbledstumblingverb (stumbles, stumbling, stumbled)to hit your foot against something when you are walking or running, and almost fall: The old lady stumbled as she was going upstairs.