Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #5372
stumble
绊倒；踉跄；跌跌撞撞地走
to trip or nearly fall while walking
- 1.
To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
绊倒或跌倒；笨拙地走
- 2.
To make a mistake or have trouble.
犯错或遇到困难
- 3.
To cause to stumble or trip.
使绊倒或跌倒
- 4.
To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
误导；使困惑；使犯错或跌倒
- 5.
To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, across, or against.
偶然遇到或发现(人或物)；偶然碰到
出错；遇到困难；偶然发现；偶然遇到；使绊倒；使踉跄；使困惑；误导；使犯错；绊倒或跌倒；笨拙地走
In use
She stumbled on the uneven sidewalk but managed to stay on her feet.
He was stumbling through the dark room, trying not to wake anyone.
Be careful on these rocks, or you may stumble and hurt yourself.
stumble over sth
stumble over/on 后接导致绊倒的物体。
He stumbled over a rock.
他绊到了一块石头。
stumble into sth
stumble into 表示进入某地时步履不稳。
She stumbled into the room, exhausted.
她跌跌撞撞地走进房间，筋疲力尽。
stumble upon sth
stumble upon/across 表示意外发现。
I stumbled upon an old photo album.
Connections
Collocations
- stumble on/upon something
- 偶然发现某物；无意中碰到某物
- I stumbled on an old photograph while cleaning the attic.我打扫阁楼时偶然发现了一张旧照片。
- stumble over something
- 被某物绊倒
- She stumbled over a toy left on the floor.她被地板上的玩具绊倒了。
- stumble over one's words
- 说话结结巴巴；语无伦次
- He was so nervous that he stumbled over his words.他紧张得说话结结巴巴。
- stumble through something
- 艰难地完成；勉强应付
- The new employee stumbled through his first training session.那位新员工勉强完成了第一次培训。
- stumble into something
- 意外陷入；偶然进入
- She stumbled into a career in marketing after college.大学毕业后她偶然进入了市场营销行业。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：脚下被石头(st)一绊，踉跄(tumble)欲倒——stumble 就是‘绊倒、踉跄，也可能偶然碰到’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：行走或运动时、说话或演讲时、阅读或研究时 stumble 属中性常用词，正式和非正式场合都较常见。具体含义多依赖上下文：单独使用通常表示“绊倒”或“踉跄”，后接 on/upon/across 时多表示“偶然发现”。日常和书面表达中均可见。
Grammar Note
stumble 是不及物动词，常与介词 over, across, upon, into 搭配使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words share the spelling pattern -umble and rhyme with stumble /ˈstʌmbəl/ (the stressed vowel plus following sounds are /ʌmbəl/). Beware of lookalikes such as stump /stʌmp/ and stomach /ˈstʌmək/; they are not rhymes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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