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blun·der /ˈblʌndɚ/
大錯,大失策(vi.)失策,絆倒,犯錯(vt.)做錯
blunder
大錯誤
Blun·der v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blundered p. pr. & vb. n. Blundering.]
1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.
2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.
I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith.
Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place,
And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden.
To blunder on. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
Blun·der, v. t.
1. To cause to blunder. [Obs.] “To blunder an adversary.”
2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
He blunders and confounds all these together. --Stillingfleet.
Blun·der, n.
1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.]
2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance.
Syn: -- Blunder, Error, Mistake, Bull.
Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.
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blunder
n : an embarrassing mistake [syn: blooper, bloomer, bungle,
foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
v 1: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I
blundered during the job interview" [syn: sin, boob,
goof]
2: make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the
door" [syn: fumble]
3: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He
blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder
out, ejaculate]