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stumping 音標拼音: [st'ʌmpɪŋ] adj. 政治演說 政治演說 stumping n 1: campaigning for something by making political speeches ( stump speeches) Stump \ Stump\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Stumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Stumping}.] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. [ 1913 Webster] Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. -- Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] 4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See { To go on the stump}, under { Stump}, n. [ Colloq. U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Cricket) ( a) To put ( a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. -- T. Hughes. ( b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. [ 1913 Webster] A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] { To stump it}. ( a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [ Slang] -- Ld. Lytton. ( b) To make electioneering speeches. [ Colloq. U. S.] [ 1913 Webster]
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