用作名词(n.)

The code was no longer anything more than a stump in his hand.法典在他手里只是一根断株残桩了。

Just before starting the driver picked up in the street a stump of a cigar an inch long, and put it in his mouth.临出发前，赶车的在街头捡了截一英寸长的雪茄烟蒂，塞在嘴里。

He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。

用作动词(v.)

I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do.我很为难，简直不知如何是好。

He stumped angrily out of the room.他气愤地跺着脚走出了房间。

The candidate for governor will stump the state.那位市长候选人将走遍该州,到处发表政治演说。

She doesn't have enough funds to stump the country.她没有足够的资金到全国作巡回政治演说。

用作名词(n.)

He used the stump as a table.
他把树桩用作桌子。

Rocks and stumps suppped the place of chairs at the picnic.
野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。

He wore a broad grin, displaying twin stumps of teeth.
他咧嘴笑着，露出一对残牙。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

She stumped out of the room, deeply offended by his reaction.
她重步走出房间，被他的反应深深刺伤了。

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

You've stumped me—what is the total mass of the moon?
你把我难住了——月球总质量是多少？

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We're all stumped—we can't work out how she escaped.
我们都被难倒了——无法想出她是如何逃脱的。

用作名词(n.)

The code was no longer anything more than a stump in his hand.法典在他手里只是一根断株残桩了。

Just before starting the driver picked up in the street a stump of a cigar an inch long, and put it in his mouth.临出发前，赶车的在街头捡了截一英寸长的雪茄烟蒂，塞在嘴里。

He went on the stump in his home state.他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。

用作动词(v.)

I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do.我很为难，简直不知如何是好。

He stumped angrily out of the room.他气愤地跺着脚走出了房间。

The candidate for governor will stump the state.那位市长候选人将走遍该州,到处发表政治演说。

She doesn't have enough funds to stump the country.她没有足够的资金到全国作巡回政治演说。

用作名词(n.)

He used the stump as a table.
他把树桩用作桌子。

Rocks and stumps suppped the place of chairs at the picnic.
野餐时石头和树桩都充当了椅子。

He wore a broad grin, displaying twin stumps of teeth.
他咧嘴笑着，露出一对残牙。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

She stumped out of the room, deeply offended by his reaction.
她重步走出房间，被他的反应深深刺伤了。

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

You've stumped me—what is the total mass of the moon?
你把我难住了——月球总质量是多少？

1

We're all stumped—we can't work out how she escaped.
我们都被难倒了——无法想出她是如何逃脱的。

【近义词】

• baffle困惑
• puzzle难题
• mystify迷惑
• perplex使困惑
• confound使困惑
• base底部
• stub烟蒂
• butt烟蒂
• end结束
• remains剩余物
• remnant残余
• nubbin小瘤
• nonplus使困惑
• bewilder 使迷惑
• flummox使混乱
• confuse使困惑
• campaign运动
• remainder剩余物
• electioneer从事选举活动...
• rest剩余的部分
• leftovers剩余物
• tree树
• run跑
• heel脚后跟
• soapbox肥皂箱
• mix up搅匀
• stamp邮票
• pulpit讲道坛
• podium讲台
• tree stump树桩
• rostrum演讲坛
• ambo读经台
• dais讲台
• stomp跺（脚）