n.残株；烟蒂；讲演台
v.受窘；踏步；演说
The code was no longer anything more than a stump in his hand. 法典在他手里只是一根断株残桩了。
Just before starting the driver picked up in the street a stump of a cigar an inch long, and put it in his mouth. 临出发前，赶车的在街头捡了截一英寸长的雪茄烟蒂，塞在嘴里。
He went on the stump in his home state. 他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。
用作动词 (v.)I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do. 我很为难，简直不知如何是好。
The candidate for governor will stump the state. 那位市长候选人将走遍该州,到处发表政治演说。
She doesn't have enough funds to stump the country. 她没有足够的资金到全国作巡回政治演说。
起树桩
adj.多残株的；短粗的；矮胖的
n.政治演说家；难题；除根机
