fumbles

英 [ˈfʌmblz]

美 [ˈfʌmblz]

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
fumble的第三人称单数和复数

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。

双语例句

• While GM opted for something approaching full disclosure of its missteps, publishing an report into company-wide fumbles, Japanese airbag maker Tanaka chose to stonewall. It left any remedies up to its beleaguered customers, notably Honda and Toyota.
  这家汽车制造商选择勇敢曝光自己的失误，并公开发布了一份自查报告。而日本气囊生产商高田公司却对气囊门三缄其口，转而把补救措施留给其深陷困境的客户本田和丰田来实施。
• He fumbles for his thought as though his hand were groping for a fish in the water.
  他一时抓不住自己的想法，好象把手伸到水里，却摸不到鱼一样。
• The_I_in the eyes howls, seeks, fumbles, and gnaws.
  没有眼睛的我在吼着，寻着，摸着，啃着。
• Troopers hustle the hapless duty guard to Norton's door as he fumbles nervously with a huge key ring.
  州警把倒霉的值班警卫推到门前，他发抖着摸出一大串钥匙。
• These days, though, the company is known more for its misses, fumbles, and stumbles than its hits and big scores.
  现如今，微软更为人知的是其种种失误，而非成功的举措和了不起的成绩。
• Such early fumbles toward brand sophistication are remarkable in a group treated with almost universal condescension by city dwellers only a decade ago.
  这些朦胧的品牌意识令人瞩目，因为这个群体仅10年前还几乎普遍被城市居民瞧不起。
• Many fumbles in football matches, however, originate from the defensive negligence at the turn of offensive and defense.
  比赛中很多失球都是在由攻转防的瞬间出现防守疏漏造成的。
• Every company fumbles sometimes ( just ask Apple).
  因为每家公司都有马失前蹄的时候（这事问问苹果就知道了）。
• The fourth fumbles opportunity.
  第四种人错过机会。
• So even with its fumbles and failed ventures, the company remains relevant in the technology world as well as in the investment world, paying out a fat 3% dividend yield to shareholders.
  因此，就算犯些错，投资失利，微软还是照样能称雄技术界和投资界，还能付给投资者高达3%的股票红利。