stumped

1. [C] (被砍下的树的)树桩，树墩 the base of a tree left after the rest has been cut down
2. [C] 残余部分，残段，残根 anything similar that remains after the main part has been cut or broken off,or worn down

1. vi. 僵直地行走；跺步行走 walk stiffly or noisily
2. vt. 把(某人)难住；使为难 be too difficult for sb;puzzle

on the stump做巡回政治演说

tree stump树桩；树墩

stump up拿出，付出；付清所需要的钱

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. He went on the stump in his home state.
   他到故乡所在的州去发表演说。

1. I'm stumped: I just don't know what to do.
   我很为难，简直不知如何是好。
2. He stumped angrily out of the room.
   他气愤地跺着脚走出了房间。
3. 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。
4. 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。