v.笨手笨脚；跌跌撞撞地前进；模糊不清地说话；（昆虫）发嗡嗡声（bumble的现在分词）
adj.装模作样的；笨手笨脚的；爱管闲事的；胡乱的
babbling bumbling baboons───叽叽喳喳的笨笨狒狒
Most of us are novices on the computer – just bumbling about on them.───我们大多是电脑新手—就在那里瞎折腾。
I'm a father who makes bumbling attempts at motherly things.───我是一个在笨拙地尝试一个母亲角色的父亲。
I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen.───我听得见他在厨房里瞎折腾。
That episode appeared to be part of an inconsistent, somewhat bumbling effort to keep Mr. Wu boxed up and harmless.───这个插曲看起来是矛盾的一部分，有点像笨拙的使吴先生困住和失去危险的努力。
Research your subject to the point where you are an expert -- or at least not a bumbling idiot.───研究你在行的课题论点——至少不要像个结结巴巴的白痴。
He was the embodiment of pure intellect, the bumbling professor with the German accent, a comic cliche in a thousand films.───他是纯粹知识分子的化身，是带着德国腔的心不在焉的教授，是众多电影中的喜剧元素。
The supposed resemblance of the bumbling slapstick character to Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero has been a running joke in Spain for years.───憨豆先生与西班牙首相萨帕特罗长相确有几分相似，这个玩笑在西班牙已流传数年。
If I were a banker, I would be laughing discreetly at the bumbling and misdirected efforts of governments to change my behaviour.───我要是银行家，肯定会对各国政府为促使我等改变行为而采取的装模装样、方向错误的努力而窃笑不已。
There may be a more prosaic explanation: bumbling governance in a secretive region with opaque leadership.───也许，最终的解释其实很平常：这是在一个政治不透明的地区所实行的装模作样的治理活动。
I could hear him bumbling around in the kitchen.
He kept bumbling on about something.
What is she bumbling on about?
I've never seen such bumbling incompetence!
They were introduced by Jack's bumbling old friend Schultz.
What was Karl bumbling on about?
The patient kept bumbling on about his operation.
What are you bumbling about?
I could hear my father bumbling about downstairs.