stump
英 [stʌmp] 美 [stʌmp]
n.残株；烟蒂；讲演台 v.受窘；踏步；演说
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◉Usage Examples
(1) Just before starting the driver picked up in the street a stump of a cigar an inch long, and put it in his mouth.
(2) He went on the stump in his home state.
(3) I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do.
(4) He stumped angrily out of the room.
(5) The candidate for governor will stump the state.
(6) She doesn't have enough funds to stump the country.
(1) 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。
(2) 他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
(3) 我很为难，简直不知如何是好。
(4) 他气愤地跺着脚走出了房间。
(5) 那位市长候选人将走遍该州,到处发表政治演说。
(6) 她没有足够的资金到全国作巡回政治演说。
◉Usage notes
There are three ways to stump: you can ask someone a question they can't answer, you can travel making political speeches, or you can stomp.
Stump can mean many things as a verb. The most common use is when someone — like a teacher — asks a question that no one can answer. That's a case of the teacher stumping the class. Also, politicians traveling through a district, making speeches are stumping, giving what are called stump speeches. Once in a while, to stump means the same thing as two similar words, stomp and stamp. If you're stumping, stomping, and stamping around, you're making a lot of noise with your feet.
◉Collins
1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]残余部分；残段；残根 A stump is a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off. [usu with supp]
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。
2. [N-COUNT 可数名词](板球三柱门的)柱 In cricket, the stumps are the three wooden sticks that are placed upright in the ground to form the wicket.
3. [VERB 动词]把…难住；难倒；使…一筹莫展 If you are stumped by a question or problem, you cannot think of any solution or answer to it. [be V-ed] [V n]
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。
4. [VERB 动词]迈着沉重的步子走；跺着脚走 If you stump somewhere, you walk there with heavy steps. [V prep/adv] [LITERARY 文]
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。
5. [VERB 动词](在选举前)作巡回演说，游说 If politicians stump the country or stump for a candidate, they travel around making campaign speeches before an election. [V n] [V for n] [Also V] [mainly AM 主美]
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。
6. [PHRASE 短语](选举前)作巡回演说，在游说 If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election. [usu v-link PHR] [mainly AM 主美]
The presidential candidates are on the stump today.
总统候选人今天在作巡回演说。
