| 词汇 | fumbled |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | fumbled past simple and past participle offumble fumble verb uk /ˈfʌm.bəl/ us /ˈfʌm.bəl/ fumbleverb (DO STH AWKWARDLY)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 笨手笨脚地做;（尤指）摸索，乱摸 fumble withI fumbled with the lock.我笨手笨脚地想把锁打开。 fumble in something for somethingHe fumbled in his pockets for some change.他在口袋里摸索着找零钱。 She fumbled around/about in her handbag, looking for her key.她在手提袋里摸索着找钥匙。 They fumbled around/about (= moved awkwardly) in the dark, trying to find their way out of the cinema.他们在黑暗中摸索，想从电影院里出去。 Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumbling fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely inexpert inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy unable uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal fumbleverb (SPORT)[ I,T ] in sport, to fail to hold on to the ball: fumble a catchIf Wilson hadn't fumbled that catch, we might have won the match.如果威尔逊没有漏掉那个球，这场比赛我们可能就会赢了。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom beam blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom fumbleverb (THINK OF A WORD)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to have difficulty saying or thinking of suitable words: 找不到合适的词表达；搜肠刮肚 fumble forI was fumbling for the right word.我正在搜肠刮肚，想找一个合适的词。 Experiencing difficulties be be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom be climbing the wallsidiom be for the high jumpidiom be/come up against a brick wallidiom fall into something flounder frying pan fumble fun jungle not have a leg to stand onidiom on a razor edgeidiom out of the frying pan into the fireidiom pickle pressed rocky sticky strand weed Examples of fumbledfumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some, he said, seemed to have a definite purpose, while others fumbled their way around as if driven by the weather. In that case, when nature has apparently fumbled, human hands can seek to rescue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They first of ail fumbled about the date. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I got the impression that she fumbled over that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we have here not a genuine, radical experiment, but a fumbled and inadequate piece of analysis of an extremely complex issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In no field have we as a country fumbled more and guessed more incorrectly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, she fumbled in her handbag and produced some change, accepting my apologies for tendering cash in such a quaint old-fashioned way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They fumbled about and hoped we would tire from exhaustion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fumbled my way, trying to find an outlet for art through my background and faced difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She did not have an answer, she fumbled and could only repeat her opposition to privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That places stress and strain on them and can produce fumbled judgments and mistaken decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He trembled, fumbled and lost his way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has fumbled and he has fudged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Burnham, over the past fortnight, and the past week in particular, has mumbled, fumbled and stumbled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have fumbled it on occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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