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

• 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。
• I fumbled for something to say
  我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
• The fumble allow the other team to make a goal
  处理不当使另外一队进了一球
• With little or no previous experience, it is no wonder that you start to fumble.
  由于你没有或者几乎没有相关的经验，难怪你开始做时就会笨手笨脚的。
• 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。
• Little fumble, can't hold on to the football.
  喜欢脱手，抓不紧球。
• 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。
• As he sat in his easy chair, I would fumble through Lady of Spain and Beer Barrel Polka.
  他躺在安乐椅里，我则笨拙地拉完西班牙女郎和啤酒桶波尔卡。
• 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。
• 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。