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stump

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Related topics: Plants, Cricket
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 〔树被砍倒后留下的〕树桩，树墩
 an old tree stump
老树墩
2. HBHthe short part of someone’s leg, arm etc that remains after the rest of it has been cut off 残肢
3  REMAIN/BE LEFTthe small useless part of something that remains after most of it has broken off or worn away 残余部分；残段；残根
 There was only a stump of the candle left.
只剩下蜡烛头了。
4. DSCone of the three upright sticks in cricket that you throw the ball at 〔板球三柱门的〕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 巡回政治演说/演说者
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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 作巡回政治演说
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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〕难住，难倒
 a case that has stumped the police
难倒警察的案子
 The doctors were stumped and had to call in a specialist.
医生们被难倒了，只好请来专家。
n Grammar
Stump is usually passive in this meaning.
2  [intransitiveI]WALK to walk with heavy steps 迈着沉重的步子走；跺着脚走 SYN stomp
stump up/along/across etc
 He stumped down the hall.
他迈着重重的步子在过道里走。
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〕以球触三门柱而使〔击球手〕出局
4  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] American EnglishAmEPP to travel around an area, meeting people and making speeches in order to gain political support （在…）作巡回政治演说
 Alexander has been stumping in New Hampshire.
亚历山大一直在新罕布什尔州作巡回政治演说。
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 〔勉强地〕支付〔钱〕
 We stumped up eight quid each.
我们每个人勉强凑了八英镑。
Examples from the Corpus
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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