n.殘株；煙蒂；講演臺
v.受窘；踏步；演說
The code was no longer anything more than a stump in his hand. 法典在他手里只是一根斷株殘樁了。
Just before starting the driver picked up in the street a stump of a cigar an inch long, and put it in his mouth. 臨出發(fā)前，趕車的在街頭撿了截一英寸長的雪茄煙蒂，塞在嘴里。
He went on the stump in his home state. 他到故鄉(xiāng)所在的州去發(fā)表演說。
用作動詞 (v.)I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do. 我很為難，簡直不知如何是好。
The candidate for governor will stump the state. 那位市長候選人將走遍該州,到處發(fā)表政治演說。
She doesn't have enough funds to stump the country. 她沒有足夠的資金到全國作巡回政治演說。
起樹樁
adj.多殘株的；短粗的；矮胖的
n.政治演說家；難題；除根機(jī)
