stump

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stump1 /stʌmp/ noun [countableC]

1 HBPthe bottom part of a tree that is left in the ground after the rest of it has been cut down 〔樹被砍倒後留下的〕樹樁，樹墩

an old tree stump

老樹墩

2. HBHthe short part of someone’s leg, arm etc that remains after the rest of it has been cut off 殘肢

3 REMAIN/BE LEFTthe small useless part of something that remains after most of it has broken off or worn away 殘餘部分；殘段；殘根

There was only a stump of the candle left.

只剩下蠟燭頭了。

4. DSCone of the three upright sticks in cricket that you throw the ball at 〔板球三柱門的〕柱

5. stump speech/speaker American EnglishAmE a speech made by a politician who is travelling around in order to gain political support, or the politician who gives this speech 巡回政治演說/演說者

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stump speech/speaker• Pete Magowan should have brought Clark back to give stump speeches about the horrors of Candlestick.• Voinovich, 59, is described as a roll-up-the-sleeves fiscal manager and a good stump speaker.• His strident 30-minute stump speech was interrupted only a couple of times with polite applause.• No soap box, no stump speech, no calling out, in a beer-barrel voice, to hit the bricks.• They campaigned for Hardaway while the Adelman ticket delivered a persuasive stump speech.• Clinton does not include his pro-choice stand in his standard stump speech, either.• Confronted by the realities of office, even young men forget the carefree promises of the stump speech.

6. be on the stump British EnglishBrE to be travelling around an area, making speeches in order to gain political support 作巡回政治演說

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be on the stump• The managers of such funds are on the stump, spreading the message that their day has come at last.

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stump• All that was left was a stump of what used to be a statue.• He looked down, and saw the planks beneath his shoe and stump turn transparent.• They campaigned for Hardaway while the Adelman ticket delivered a persuasive stump speech.• You have to trench around the stump and sever all the roots.• It involves cutting down the main trunk to encourage new growth from the edge of the stump.• The stump she sits on is as dead as she is blind.• They said they brought the tree stump to Riggs' office as a symbol of protest.

tree stump• His left leg was almost severed when it was caught in the whirling blade of a tree stump cutter.• The elder female sank down on a tree stump to rest, fanning herself with her hand.• Alligator saw; a tree stump chipper; and even a bouncy castle!• We were going to the thick grove of woods with the carved tree stumps in its center.• Clearing two acres of tree stumps so a garden could be planted in the spring.• They said they brought the tree stump to Riggs' office as a symbol of protest.

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stump2 verb

1 [transitiveT]ASK A QUESTION if you are stumped by a question or problem, you are unable to find an answer to it 把〔某人〕難住，難倒

a case that has stumped the police

難倒警察的案子

The doctors were stumped and had to call in a specialist.

醫生們被難倒了，只好請來專家。

n Grammar

Stump is usually passive in this meaning.

2 [intransitiveI]WALK to walk with heavy steps 邁着沉重的步子走；跺着腳走 SYN stomp

stump up/along/across etc

He stumped down the hall.

他邁着重重的步子在過道裏走。

3. [transitiveT]DSC to put a batsman out of the game in cricket by touching the stumps with the ball when he is out of the hitting area 〔板球〕以球觸三門柱而使〔擊球手〕出局

4 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmEPP to travel around an area, meeting people and making speeches in order to gain political support （在…）作巡回政治演說

Alexander has been stumping in New Hampshire.

亞歷山大一直在新罕布什爾州作巡回政治演說。

5 stump up (something) phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal PAY FORto pay money, even if it is difficult or when you do not want to 〔勉強地〕支付〔錢〕

We stumped up eight quid each.

我們每個人勉強湊了八英鎊。

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stump up • Private firms are expected to stump up £400 million of the Pounds 1.8 billion cost of the 10-mile route.• Despite poor trading, the bank stumped up another £70,000 for a second premises in Chelsea last year.• He has asked the bank's 160,000 shareholders to stump up another 90 billion roubles to finance modernisation.• Last year 1,050 people lost the right to call themselves chartered accountants because they didn't stump up by 30 June.• City must stump up the cash and planned to watch Viscaal yesterday against Mechelin.• They're hoping retired people, or those looking for a second home in the country will stump up the cash.• You read the reviews, make up your mind and stump up the cash.

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stump• No, we were stumped for questions to ask.• He was stumped for the second time in the match against the left-arm spin of Hettiarachchi.• He loves it when we stump him, when he has to go look up something.• Harkin plans to stump in Illinois this weekend.• He stumped like an old man.• The case has stumped the police for months.• Carroll Campbell, both Republicans, are stumping the state on behalf of Sen.• City must stump up the cash and planned to watch Viscaal yesterday against Mechelin.• You read the reviews, make up your mind and stump up the cash.

stump up/along/across etc• Private firms are expected to stump up £400 million of the Pounds 1.8 billion cost of the 10-mile route.• Despite poor trading, the bank stumped up another £70,000 for a second premises in Chelsea last year.• He has asked the bank's 160,000 shareholders to stump up another 90 billion roubles to finance modernisation.• Last year 1,050 people lost the right to call themselves chartered accountants because they didn't stump up by 30 June.• City must stump up the cash and planned to watch Viscaal yesterday against Mechelin.• They're hoping retired people, or those looking for a second home in the country will stump up the cash.• You read the reviews, make up your mind and stump up the cash.• A&M have left them to it, stumping up the money for recording and a sampler along the way.

Origin stump1

(1200-1300) Middle Low German

stump1 nounstump2 verb →n GRAMMAR1

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