- 1笨手笨腳、狀況百出的
If you call someone bumbling, you mean they keep making small mistakes and handling things in a careless, way. They drop things, mix up names, walk into the wrong room, lose the plan. It is not usually about being cruel or lazy. English often uses it for a person who is trying — even trying kindly — but cannot get simple jobs right: a bumbling uncle at a wedding, a bumbling officer in a funny film. The word is a little soft and a little old-fashioned. It paints the person as harmless, almost comic, not as a villain. You will hear it more about someone than to their face. The same idea appears when bumbling is just the -ing form of the verb: someone bumbling around the kitchen is moving and in that same lost way. It is not a swear word, but it is not praise either.
組成From the verb bumble (to move or speak in a clumsy, confused way) + -ing.
同家族的字
- bumblethe verb this -ing form comes from
- bumblera person who keeps doing things in this clumsy way
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bumblingnoun
- 1
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
bumblingadj
- 1
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill.
- a bumbling fool
- The purpose of sharing these accounts – particularly during Women’s History Month – is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。