bumble
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (on) (about sth) speak in a rambling and clumsy manner 语无伦次地说
What are you bumbling (on) about? 你颠三倒四地说些什麽呀?
2 (phr v) bumble about, along, etc act or move in a specified direction in a clumsy disorganized manner 笨拙而无规则地活动; 跌跌撞撞地行进
The professor bumbled absent-mindedly along the road. 教授心不在焉地沿途瞎遛.
since her parents had impressed upon her that it would be unforgivable to miss it and cause the friends with whom she was going to stay to make two journeys to meet her.