bumble around
常与 around 或 about 连用，强调动作慌乱、不灵巧。
He bumbled around the dark kitchen, knocking over a chair.
他在漆黑的厨房里笨手笨脚地摸索，撞翻了一把椅子。
行动笨拙；举止失措
bumbling — present participle of bumble
弄糟；搞砸；语无伦次地说；含混不清地讲；嗡嗡叫；发嗡嗡声；（大麻鳽）发出低沉鸣叫；笨拙地行动或移动
to act or move in an awkward, confused, or clumsy way
笨拙地行动或移动
To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
(如麻鳽般)低沉鸣叫
To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
笨手笨脚地做(搞砸)
To carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
嗡嗡叫；游荡
To buzz or bum.
语无伦次地说话
To speak in a rambling, incoherent, or indistinct manner, especially at tedious length.
一般现在时
He bumbles through his speech.
他结结巴巴地演讲。
一般过去时
She bumbled the introduction.
她搞砸了介绍。
现在完成时
They have bumbled many opportunities.
他们错失了很多机会。
常见于描述说话或行为笨拙、出错的情况。
He bumbled through his presentation, forgetting his main points.
他结结巴巴地完成了演示，忘记了要点。
用法提示：bumbled 作谓语动词，表示说话不流利、结结巴巴。
She bumbled an apology, making the situation worse.
她结结巴巴地道了歉，使情况更糟。
用法提示：bumbled 作谓语动词，表示结巴地表达致歉。
The nervous student bumbles every time the teacher calls on him.
那个紧张的学生每次被老师点名时都结结巴巴。
用法提示：bumbles 为一般现在时第三人称单数，描述习惯性结巴。
常与 around 或 about 连用，强调动作慌乱、不灵巧。
He bumbled around the dark kitchen, knocking over a chair.
他在漆黑的厨房里笨手笨脚地摸索，撞翻了一把椅子。
后接名词，表示勉强而笨拙地完成某事。
She bumbled through the interview without any preparation.
她毫无准备，磕磕绊绊地应付完了面试。
作及物动词时，宾语多为任务或事情，含“弄糟”之意。
The manager bumbled the announcement and confused everyone.
经理把通告搞砸了，弄得大家一头雾水。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a very bumble person and often drops things.
正确表达He is a very bumbling person and often drops things.
bumble 只能作动词，不能直接放在名词前当形容词用；要修饰名词须用它的现在分词形式 bumbling，表示“笨手笨脚的”。
grammar · medium
易错句子She bumbled over a stone and fell down.
正确表达She stumbled over a stone and fell down.
表示“脚下一绊、被……绊到”要用 stumble over；bumble 强调动作慌乱笨拙，本身不含“绊倒”的意思，两者不能互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子He bumbled at his words during the interview.
正确表达He bumbled his words during the interview.
bumble 表示“说话含混不清”时是及物动词，后面直接跟 words 一类宾语，不需要加介词 at，误加 at 是受 laugh at 等搭配的干扰。
bumble 指动作笨拙、漫无目的地乱走；stumble 强调脚被绊到、一时失去平衡，常与 on/over 搭配。
bumble 指整个人行动笨拙、举止失措；fumble 侧重用手笨拙地摸索或拿不稳，常与 for/with 连用。
bumble 强调笨拙而慌乱地移动；lumber 强调身体沉重、缓慢而笨重地走，多形容高大的人或动物。
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