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grope

[英] [ɡrəup] [美] [ɡrop] 生词本

vi.

vt.

n.

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  • 英英释义

1. VERB 摸索;探寻 If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it. 
  • With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open...

    他左手摸索着门把手,转动一下,然后推开门。

  • Bunbury groped in his breast pocket for his wallet.

    邦伯里手伸进前胸口袋里摸索钱包。

2. VERB 摸索着走 If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything. 
  • I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room.

    我没有开灯,而是一路摸黑走过房间。

3. VERB 探索;努力寻求 If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be. 
  • He groped for solutions to the problems facing the country...

    他在探求国家所面临问题的解决办法。

  • She groped for a simple word to express a simple idea.

    她想找个简单的词来表达简单的想法。

groping
  • They continue their groping towards a constitutional settlement.

    他们继续寻求合乎宪法规定的解决方案。

4. VERB 抚摸;猥亵 If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way. 
  • He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.

    他会试图摸她的胸部,还把手从她的裙子上向上移。

  • Grope is also a noun.
    • She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.

      她甚至吹嘘曾和一个13岁的男孩在衣橱里有过肌肤之亲。

Noun

1. the act of groping; and instance of groping

Verb

1. feel about uncertainly or blindly;

  • "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

2. search blindly or uncertainly;

  • "His mind groped to make the connection"

3. fondle for sexual pleasure;

  • "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"