blunder

vi. 跌跌撞撞地走；犯大错

vt. 做错

n. 大错

中文词源

blunder 大错

词源同blind, 眼盲的。

blunder: blunder: [14] When blunder first entered the language, it meant ‘stumble around blindly, bumping into things’, which gives a clue to its possible ultimate connection with blind. Its probable source was Old Norse blundra ‘shut one’s eyes’, forerunner of Swedish blunda and Norwegian blunda (Jon Blund is the Swedish equivalent of ‘the sandman’), and very likely a descendant of Indo-European *bhlendhos, from which blind comes. The first record of the modern sense ‘foolish mistake’ comes in Edward Phillips’s The new world of English words 1706.
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blunder (v.): mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering.
blunder (n.): mid-14c., apparently from blunder (v.), though of about the same age.

1. 不太烂的, 不烂的.founder蹒跚,绊倒。flounder挣扎,踉跄。blunder踉跄地走。2. blind => blunder: 就是形容那种走路、做事不长眼睛的人。3. => stumble about blindly.4. 谐音“步踉跄儿、步啷当儿”。

1. It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assign-ment.: 当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。

4. She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder.: 她偷偷斜扫了埃里克一眼，看他有没有留意到她的错误。