stumping的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT殘餘部分;殘段;殘根

A stump is a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off.

• If you have a tree stump, check it for fungus...

  要是有樹樁的話，檢查一下上面有沒有長菌類。

• The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.

  流浪漢從深口袋裡掏出了一截蠟燭。

N-COUNT(板球三柱門的)柱

In cricket, the stumps are the three wooden sticks that are placed upright in the ground to form the wicket.

VERB把…難住;難倒;使…一籌莫展

If you are stumped by a question or problem, you cannot think of any solution or answer to it.

• John is stumped by an unexpected question...

  一個意想不到的問題把約翰難住了。

• Well, maybe I stumped you on that one.

  好吧，也許我在那件事上使你為難了。

VERB邁著沉重的步子走;跺著腳走

If you stump somewhere, you walk there with heavy steps.

• The Marshal stepped over the vacuum-cleaner and stumped out of the room.

  元帥邁過真空吸塵器，腳步沉重地走出了房間。

VERB(在選舉前)作巡迴演說，遊說

If politicians stump the country or stump for a candidate, they travel around making campaign speeches before an election.

• When candidates went stumping around the country, people traveled for miles on foot, by horse, by carriage to hear them speak...

  當競選人在全國作巡迴演說時，人們會步行、騎馬或坐車數英里趕去聽他們的演講。

• He was in Georgia stumping for Senator Wyche Fowler, a Democrat.

  他正在佐治亞州為民主黨參議員威奇·福勒作巡迴演說。

PHRASE(選舉前)作巡迴演說，在遊說

If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.

• The presidential candidates are on the stump today.

  總統候選人今天在作巡迴演說。