Grope

[grəʊp] or [ɡrop]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of groping; and instance of groping.

(verb.) fondle for sexual pleasure; 'He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly'.

(verb.) feel about uncertainly or blindly; 'She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom'.

(verb.) search blindly or uncertainly; 'His mind groped to make the connection'.

巴罗錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

(v. i.) To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.

(v. t.) To search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.

(v. t.) To examine; to test; to sound.

科南錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Feel one's way (as in the dark), pick one's way.

校對:洛丽

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Feel, search, grabble, fumble

ANT:Grasp, seize, hold, expose

巴纳德編輯

解釋/意思:

v.i. to search for something as if blind or in the dark.—v.t. to search by feeling.—adv. Grop′ingly in a groping manner.

哈里森校對