| 词组 | stumble |
| 释义 | stumble [stumbled, stumbled, stumbling] stumble across stumble across sth/sb not passive to find something or someone when you did not expect to find them and were not looking for them: ▪ Maria Kaczynski stumbled across an old diary of her father's when she was cleaning one day. ▪ Boyce was killed because he stumbled across something he shouldn't have seen. ▪ The trouble began when a policeman stumbled across a gang of about 20 youths know as 'the Chelsea Boys'. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come across, ↑stumble on/upon stumble on/upon ! Stumble upon is more formal than stumble on, and is used mostly in writing. stumble on/upon sth not passive to discover something, especially something important or interesting, when you did not expect to and were not looking for it: ▪ Alexander went home, little knowing that he was about to stumble upon one of the greatest discoveries of this century. ▪ Whilst wandering around the backstreets, we stumbled on a wonderful little fish restaurant run by a local family. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stumble across |
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