fumble

英 ['fʌmbl] 美 ['fʌmbl]

• vi. 摸索；笨手笨脚地做
• vt. 笨拙地做；弄乱；失球
• n. 摸索；失球；漏接球

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (笨拙地)摸索或处理(某事物)

   touch or handle (sth) awkwardly or nervously

2. vi. 乱摸，笨拙地弄

   struggle with sth,handle in an awkward fashion

英英释义

Noun:

1. (sports) dropping the ball

Verb:

1. feel about uncertainly or blindly;

   "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
   

2. make one's way clumsily or blindly;

   "He fumbled towards the door"
   

3. handle clumsily

4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

   "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
   "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   

5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder;

   "fumble a grounder"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. Want to have patience, want to fumble slowly.
   要有耐心，要慢慢摸索。
2. You fumble to find your passport when you cross a frontier.
   当你出境时，要摸索着寻找护照。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. She fumbled in the dark for the light switch.
   她在黑暗中摸索着找电灯开关。
2. His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.
   由于尴尬不安，他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. He fumbled the catch and dropped the ball.
   他接球失误，把球丢了。

经典引文

• I fumbled with the catch of the front door, my hands trembling with nervousness.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• I fumbled in my shopping bag..for our supper.

  出自： E. Figes

• Mark would not fumble..he would move with absolute assurance.

  出自： L. Auchincloss

• Fumbling in his mind for something to say.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• fumble about 瞎摸
• Fort Fumble 五角大楼
• fumble the ball 漏球(失球
• fumble around 笨手笨脚地寻找...

近反义词

【近义词】

• blunder 大错
• bungle 拙劣地工作
• grope (暗中)摸索
• botch 拙笨地修补
• muff 皮手筒
• mishandle 粗暴对待
• mistake 错误
• error 错误
• mess up 混乱
• mess-up 混乱
• mess 混乱
• misstep 失足
• slip-up 错误
• rummage 到处翻寻
• scrabble 爬寻
• root 根
• search 搜寻
• muddle 混乱
• ball up 使混乱, 搞成一团糟, ...
• louse up 破坏
• bobble 失误
• bollocks 胡说
• bollix 弄槽
• screw up 拧紧
• blow 打击
• fluff 软毛
• flub 做得不佳
• bodge (劣质的)修补...
• bumble 说话含糊
• muck up 弄脏
• fuck up [美粗]搞糟
• foul up 混乱(故障)
• botch up 搞坏
• spoil 宠坏

派生词

v.(动词)

• fumbler n. 摸索者‖fumbling adj. 摸索着的