fumbling

英 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ]

adj.  笨拙的; 迟疑的
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
fumble的现在分词

复数：fumblings　现在分词：fumbling　

BNC.37200 / COCA.33045

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨拙的；迟疑的
  awkward, uncertain or hesitating
  1. a fumbling schoolboy
     笨拙的男生

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

adj

• showing lack of skill or aptitude
  1. a bungling workman
  2. did a clumsy job
  3. his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
  Synonym:bunglingclumsyincompetent

双语例句

• Voters, fumbling for a way to break with the past, took up Mr Koizumi's challenge.
  在与过去决裂的道路上摸索的选民们接受了小泉的挑战。
• The problem with fumbling from slippery rock to rock is that there is always the danger of falling in.
  但问题在于，摸着一块又一块滑溜溜的石头过河，始终有落水的危险。
• Fumbling for the right words, I thanked him for the legacy it took almost 30 years to discover.
  我笨嘴拙舌地找寻合适的词语，为他给我的宝贵财富表示感谢，这财富我花了差不多三十年才发现。
• Youth with its fumbling and follies, its eagerness and questioning, is the eternal hope of mankind.
  青春充满着幼稚而愚笨的探索，充满着渴望和质疑，它是人类社会不竭的希望。
• Nervously he is fumbling through the sexy thatch again and again.
  他总是神经质地用手一次次抓弄着自己性感而乱蓬蓬的头发。
• Experienced in the decades after the fumbling, our mobile payment industry ushered in the new opportunities and development space, into rapid development.
  在经历了数十年的摸索之后，我国的移动支付产业迎来了新的契机和发展空间，进入快速发展期。
• And she crowded up against me in that little space, tighter than a phone booth. I could hear the soft noise of her hand fumbling along the panel.
  她在那个比电话亭狭小的空间中把我挤开。我能听到她的手在面板上摸索的轻微声音。
• After decades of fumbling and having tried insiders, GM desperately needs an outsider who can change its culture.
  经过了几十年的摸索，并尝试过使用内部人士之后，通用汽车眼下迫切需要一位能够改变其文化的外部人士。
• As he sank he felt a stone hand fumbling at his face.
  他一边下沉同时感觉到有只石手摸着他的脸。
• She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
  她摸黑找电灯开关。