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

• He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
  他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
• 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。
• Working out why is one of those debates in which academic economists fumble through murky data to construct tentative conclusions, which are then seized as weapons in an intense political debate about fairness and equality.
  其中的原因何在，是学术界经济学家辩论的议题之一，他们试图通过模糊的数据摸索出暂时的结论。而后，在围绕公正和平等问题的政治激辩中，这些结论被当成了武器。
• 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。
• 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。
• I like Kobe because, as a fan, I've had the opportunity to watch him fumble, pick himself back up and we've watched him grow tremendously as a player and as a person.
  我喜欢科比，因为，作为一个科迷，我有机会看到他在摸索，令自己跌入低谷，我们也看到了他可怕地成长，作为一个球员和普通人。
• Then she aimed the weapon with both hands, closed her eyes, and squeezed the trigger. Before he could even fumble at his belt, she pulled the trigger.
  然后她用双手持枪瞄准，闭上双眼，扣动了扳机。那人正要伸手到枪袋里，这边已经扳动枪机了。
• 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。
• Millions of people struggle out Of bed each morning, fumble into some clothes, and make their way to a cup of coffee and the morning newspaper.
  每天清晨，成千上万的人挣扎着起床，摸索着穿上衣服，然后喝咖啡，看早报。
• 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。