Stumps can also be the part of something such as a pencil that remains after the rest has been worn away.

" stumps(残端)" 也可以指事物的某部分，如铅笔用完剩下的部分。

And a specimen from Myanmar preserved little torn wing nubs that may indicate it had recently shed it's wings — which happens in some modern ants after a queen goes on a mating flight and settles down to start a new colony.

并且，来自缅甸的一个标本保存了小小的膀残端，这可能表明它最近脱落了膀——这种情况生在一些现蚂蚁中，当蚁后进行交配飞行后定居下来开始一个新的蚁群时生。

He stretched out his hand and touched the stumps of the amputated fingers and the great scar on the wrist. The Gadfly put down his cake.

他伸出一只手，触摸了那截断的指头残端和手腕上的巨大伤疤。牛虻放下了手中的蛋糕。

And what if that could be combined with the technology that reads nerve pulses from the end of an amputee's limb?

而且如果这项技术能与读取截肢者残端神经脉冲的技术结合呢？

The radial bone, the head had sheared off and the remnants of the bone were sticking out of my forearm.

桡骨的头部已经断，骨头的残端从我的前臂伸出。

4 The Terrible Shovels Down the hole, Mrs Fox was tenderly licking the stump of Mr Fox's tail to stop the bleeding.

4 可怕的铲子 在洞里，狐狸太太温柔地舔着狐狸先生尾巴的残端以止血。