fumble
英 [ˈfʌmbl]
美 [ˈfʌmbl]
v. 笨手笨脚地做(某事); 胡乱摸找(某物); 笨嘴拙舌地说话; 支支吾吾地说; 失球; 接球失误; 漏接
n. 笨拙的手部动作; 乱摸; (美式足球)失球,接球失误,漏接
过去式:fumbled 现在分词:fumbling 过去分词:fumbled 第三人称单数:fumbles 复数:fumbles
Collins.1 / BNC.9156 / COCA.7872
牛津词典
verb
- 笨手笨脚地做(某事);胡乱摸找(某物)
to use your hands in an awkward way when you are doing sth or looking for sth- She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。 - He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。 - She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
她摸黑找电灯开关。 - He fumbled the key into the ignition.
他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
- She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
- 笨嘴拙舌地说话;支支吾吾地说
to have difficulty speaking clearly or finding the right words to say- During the interview, she fumbled helplessly for words.
面试时她支支吾吾找不出适当的话语。 - to fumble an announcement
结结巴巴地宣告
- During the interview, she fumbled helplessly for words.
- 失球;接球失误;漏接
to drop a ball or to fail to stop or kick it
noun
- 笨拙的手部动作;乱摸
an awkward action using the hands - (美式足球)失球,接球失误,漏接
the action of dropping the ball while it is in play in American football
柯林斯词典
- VERB 乱摸;摸索;笨拙地处理
If youfumbleforsomething orfumblewithsomething, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.- She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来,摸索着自己的晨衣。 - He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...
他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。 - He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
- She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
- VERB 笨嘴拙舌地说话;结结巴巴地说话
When you are trying to say something, if youfumblefor the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.- I fumbled for something to say...
我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。 - He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。
- I fumbled for something to say...
英英释义
noun
- (sports) dropping the ball
verb
- drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
- fumble a grounder
- handle clumsily
- feel about uncertainly or blindly
- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
- make one's way clumsily or blindly
- He fumbled towards the door
- 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
双语例句
- Fumble in one's pocket for some coins
笨手笨脚地在口袋里摸索几枚硬币 - He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。 - He fumbled with the buttons at the neck
他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。 - All the other historians suffer from being somewhat dazzled, and in this dazzled state they fumble about.
其他的历史家都有些目眩神迷,也就不免在眩惑中摸索。 - I slowly carrying out, slowly fumble, of course what redound gives me is more and more joyance.
我慢慢的实践着、慢慢的摸索、当然回报给我的是越来越多的喜悦。 - But only in embracing that messiness and sometimes rudeness or foolishness do we fumble our way toward brilliance.
但只有欣然接受这种混乱,以及时不时冒出来的粗鲁或傻气,我们才能摸索出一条通向智慧的路。 - Sina's profits are growing at double-digit rates, while Focus Media's recent past has been marked by one fumble after another.
新浪的利润在以两位数的速度增长,而分众传媒最近却是接二连三的失误。 - Next time, I find someone fumble my things, you will know what would happen.
下次,我再发现有人动我的东西,你们就会知道会发生什么。 - You must have wondered how some people are so good with their words while others fumble to express themselves due to lack of words.
你肯定好奇为什么有的人能对单词应用自如,而有些人在表达自己时却词穷不已。 - She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown
她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来,摸索着自己的晨衣。