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

• Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along.
  在海滩钻石般闪烁的烟霭中某种黑乎乎的东西正在摸索前来。
• 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。
• Then he sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes.
  坐进车里，好几分钟他又都是在摸着那些钥匙。
• Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
  彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
• And, fumbling in her satchel, she pressed a five-dollar piece into his hand.
  她在提包里摸了一会，把一个五块钱的金币塞到他手里。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
  她摸黑找电灯开关。
• He questioned, fumbling clumsily at her chin, trying to turn her face upward, his own face furrowed with pity.
  他问她，笨拙地摸摸她的下巴，想叫她仰起脸来，这时他自己的脸由于怜悯而露出深深的皱纹来了。
• Hearn was fumbling now, he had noticed that in him.
  他看出了侯恩是在那里冥思苦想。