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

• Clearing site sometimes can involves removing trees and tree stumps and disposing of the debris.
  清理场地有时包括移树、树桩和处理碎屑。
• The wildlife workers test the animals'response to various scents by spraying tree stumps with different perfumes or placing cinnamon or other spices in the animals'environment.
  研究人员把不同的香水喷洒在树桩上，或是在动物生活的环境中放上肉桂及其他香料，观察它们对于不同气味所做出的反应。
• 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。
• 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。
• What with the steepness of the incline, the thick tree stumps, and the soft sand, he and his crutch were as helpless as a ship in stays.
  面对陡峭的斜坡、密密麻麻的树桩以及松软的沙土，他和他的拐就像搁浅的船一样。
• There are some excellently preserved fossilized tree stumps.
  有一些保存完好的树桩化石。
• 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。
• Here and there sat well-worn stumps and logs and the remnants of a campfire.
  到处都是用旧了的树桩和圆木，还有篝火的灰烬。
• The slopes of the knoll and all the inside of the stockade had been cleared of timber to build the house, and we could see by the stumps what a fine and lofty grove had been destroyed.
  小丘的斜坡上和寨子里面的树全部被伐掉，用于修建木屋了，从残留下来的树桩我们可以看出，一片多么好、多么繁茂的林子被毁掉了。
• Nothing remained of the forest but tree stumps.
  森林里除了树桩外没剩下什么了。