stumps

英 [stʌmps]

美 [stʌmps]

n.  树墩; 树桩; 残余部分; 残根; 残段; 残肢
v.  把…难住; 难倒; (尤指愤怒或烦恼时)脚步重重地走; (尤指在选举前)作巡回演说
stump的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 残余部分;残段;残根
  Astumpis a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off.
  1. If you have a tree stump, check it for fungus...
     要是有树桩的话，检查一下上面有没有长菌类。
  2. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.
     流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。
• (板球三柱门的)柱
  In cricket, thestumpsare the three wooden sticks that are placed upright in the ground to form the wicket.
• VERB 把…难住;难倒;使…一筹莫展
  If youare stumpedby a question or problem, you cannot think of any solution or answer to it.
  1. John is stumped by an unexpected question...
     一个意想不到的问题把约翰难住了。
  2. Well, maybe I stumped you on that one.
     好吧，也许我在那件事上使你为难了。
• VERB 迈着沉重的步子走;跺着脚走
  If youstumpsomewhere, you walk there with heavy steps.
  1. The Marshal stepped over the vacuum-cleaner and stumped out of the room.
     元帅迈过真空吸尘器，脚步沉重地走出了房间。
• VERB (在选举前)作巡回演说，游说
  If politiciansstumpthe country orstump fora candidate, they travel around making campaign speeches before an election.
  1. When candidates went stumping around the country, people traveled for miles on foot, by horse, by carriage to hear them speak...
     当竞选人在全国作巡回演说时，人们会步行、骑马或坐车数英里赶去听他们的演讲。
  2. He was in Georgia stumping for Senator Wyche Fowler, a Democrat.
     他正在佐治亚州为民主党参议员威奇·福勒作巡回演说。
• PHRASE (选举前)作巡回演说，在游说
  If politicians areon the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
  1. The presidential candidates are on the stump today.
     总统候选人今天在作巡回演说。

双语例句

• The bank stumps up the cash, but the borrowing government picks the winner.
  世行付清现金，但借款政府却成了赢家。
• It took the farmer weeks to grub the stumps on his land.
  那农民用了几个星期才把他地里的树桩子刨出来。
• While others sit there like dead stumps, you generate solution after solution like a super computer.
  当别人像死树桩似的坐在一边时，你想超级电脑似的产生一个又一个解决方案。
• They cut down the big trees and rooted up the stumps.
  他们把大树砍倒，连树桩也拔掉了。
• The swamp is much cleaner now than when it was still full of tree stumps and branches a decade ago, one player said.
  一个球员说，十年前的沼泽里面满是树桩和树枝，现在则好多了。
• When forested land must be used, all stumps should be removed.
  如不得不用林地时，所有伐桩都要消除。
• He pitched the ballwide of the stumps, andthe batsman didn't play at it.
  他把球投出了门柱，击球手没击这个球。
• Afterwards, we directed the boys to a small picnic table Steve had fashioned out of tree stumps.
  后来，我们指引儿子们走向史蒂夫用树干做成的小野餐桌。
• Beams from the flashlights bounced crazily among the trees, and the search party crashed through the undergrowth, stumbling over stumps and fallen logs, passing me by.
  手电筒的光芒疯狂地在树林里跳跃，搜寻人员经过我的身旁，他们在灌木丛中跌跌撞撞，在树桩和倒下的树干间磕磕碰碰。
• This saplings, which were planted right after logging years ago, are still shorter than the stumps nearby.
  高海拔地区的植被生长缓慢，这株砍伐后人工种植的幼苗多年过后还没高过树桩。