英语词汇“to fumble about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To use one's hands or fingers awkwardly or ineffectually; to grope about. to fumble at: to make clumsy attempts at doing or handling (something). to fumble for or after: to make clumsy attempts to reach or grasp. Also to fumble about.

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the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly

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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > act clumsily > use hands clumsily

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1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1293/1 The dyuel..should not be able to reache hys [Christe's] heade..but only to fumble about his foote.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1672/1 Shee desired him to loke in his testamente. Then he fombled and sought about hym for one.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iii. 13 For when I saw him fumble with the sheetes, And talk of floures..I knew there was no way but one.

1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F2^v What made these paire of Shittle-cockes heere? what doe they fumble for?

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 108 Those, that cannot play, delight to fumble on Instruments.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 251 He vainly fumbles at the fatal Door.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 43 If you set a man with gloves on or a rustic whose hands are hard by labour to take off a single sheet, he will fumble about a long while.

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) v. vi. 286 Seeing him lay down his pipe and begin to fumble with his walking-staff.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 361 The soldiers were still fumbling with the muzzles of their guns..when the whole flood of Macleans, Macdonalds, and Camerons came down.

1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 139 He..fumbled for the bible in his boot.

1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xiv. 119 ‘Let me see’ said [he]..fumbling about in all his pockets.

单词	to fumble about
释义	> as lemmas to fumble about a. intransitive. To use one's hands or fingers awkwardly or ineffectually; to grope about. to fumble at: to make clumsy attempts at doing or handling (something). to fumble for or after: to make clumsy attempts to reach or grasp. Also to fumble about. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch or handle awkwardly fumble1534 shuffle1812 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > act clumsily > use hands clumsily fumble1534 faffle1869 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1293/1 The dyuel..should not be able to reache hys [Christe's] heade..but only to fumble about his foote. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1672/1 Shee desired him to loke in his testamente. Then he fombled and sought about hym for one. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. iii. 13 For when I saw him fumble with the sheetes, And talk of floures..I knew there was no way but one. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. F2^v What made these paire of Shittle-cockes heere? what doe they fumble for? a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 108 Those, that cannot play, delight to fumble on Instruments. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 251 He vainly fumbles at the fatal Door. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 43 If you set a man with gloves on or a rustic whose hands are hard by labour to take off a single sheet, he will fumble about a long while. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) v. vi. 286 Seeing him lay down his pipe and begin to fumble with his walking-staff. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 361 The soldiers were still fumbling with the muzzles of their guns..when the whole flood of Macleans, Macdonalds, and Camerons came down. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 139 He..fumbled for the bible in his boot. 1874 F. C. Burnand My Time xiv. 119 ‘Let me see’ said [he]..fumbling about in all his pockets. extracted from fumblev. < as lemmas
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