| 释义 |
stumbler|ˈstʌmblə(r)|
[f. stumble v. + -er1.]
1. One who, or something which stumbles; esp. a horse that is given to stumbling.
c1440Promp. Parv. 481/1 Stumlere (or stomelare) cespitator. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 150 Stumble at a strawe, and leape ouer a blocke, Such stumblers are blockeheads. 1613Uncasing of Machiav. 26 Riding a stumbler hold fast the bridle. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch. Porch xxxvi, A stumbler stumbles least in rugged way. 1796Coleridge To an Infant 5 Poor stumbler on the rocky coast of Woe. 1835Willis Pencillings II. liv. 124 The horses were all sad stumblers. 1894Meredith Foresight & Patience Poet. Wks. (1912) 418 Yet, happy for us when, their cause defined, They walk no longer with a stumbler blind.
2. A cause of stumbling; a ‘poser’.
1863P. Davidson Pentateuch Vind. ii. 33 Here was a stumbler for the priests and a marrowbone for the infidels. |
