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。

I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do. 我很為難，簡直不知如何是好。

He stumped angrily out of the room. 他氣憤地跺著腳走出了房間。

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。