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　

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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
  1. She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
     她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
  2. He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
     他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。
  3. She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
     她摸黑找电灯开关。
  4. He fumbled the key into the ignition.
     他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
• 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
  1. During the interview, she fumbled helplessly for words.
     面试时她支支吾吾找不出适当的话语。
  2. to fumble an announcement
     结结巴巴地宣告
• 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.
  1. 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。
  2. He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...
     他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
  3. He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
     他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
• 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.
  1. I fumbled for something to say...
     我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• (sports) dropping the ball
  Synonym:muff

verb

• drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
  1. fumble a grounder
• handle clumsily
• feel about uncertainly or blindly
  1. She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
  Synonym:grope
• make one's way clumsily or blindly
  1. He fumbled towards the door
  Synonym:blunder
• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
  Synonym:botchbodgebumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

双语例句

• 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。
• Eating in the lunchroom with the other kids watching him fumble with his food proved very painful to Roger.
  在餐厅吃饭时，让其他小朋友看到他笨拙的吃相使他深感苦恼。
• A spokesman said: "We think it will be popular because it takes out the fumble factor – you don't have to rummage through your pockets to find it."
  相关发言人表示：“我们认为它会流行起来的，因为它避免了胡乱摸索&你根本不需要在口袋中到处翻找。”
• Fumble in one's pocket for some coins
  笨手笨脚地在口袋里摸索几枚硬币
• Too often, a myriad of problems arise the first time a project has to coax its way into system testing, and then into user acceptance testing, and then fumble its way into production.
  大量的问题往往来自首次引入系统测试、用户验收测试、在生产环境摸索的项目。
• He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
  他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
• After all, you don't want the person you are getting ready to have sex with staring at you as you fumble with a condom.
  毕竟，你并不希望在你苦苦探索如何佩戴避孕套的时候，那位你正准备发生性行为的伴侣一直凝视着你。
• 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。
• The university party organization in the fumble to joins a political party in the activist raise education work, summarized some to join a political party the activist raise education experience.
  高校党组织在摸索对入党积极分子培养教育的工作中，总结了一些对入党积极分子培养教育的经验。
• I think, this needs to fumble ceaselessly in practice, cannot be an armchair strategist.
  我认为，这需要在实践中不断摸索，不能纸上谈兵。