英语词汇“to grope and grabble”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 feel or search with the hands, to grope about. Sometimes to grope and grabble (cf. Dutch grapen en grabbelen).

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

feela1382

to fathom aboutc1400

to feel (out) one's waya1450

grabble1579

pouter1812

1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 294 Grabling all night in the dark..through wild Olive Trees, and high Rocks.

1581 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. 103 b Where after they have placed hym, they leave hym grabling in that place, and departe their way.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 13 Ile grable for Gudgeons or fish for Flounders.

1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 5 We were faine to grabble in the darke (as it were) like a blinde man for his way.

1640 J. Shirley Arcadia iii. ii Thou must stoop..And grabble for't [gold] in ground.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 22 To what end is it, to groap and to grable so much in Wounds?

1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 15 My Blood chills about my Heart, at the thought of these Rogues, with their bloody Hands grabbling in my Guts, and pulling out my very Entrails.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 178 Grabling round a nautious Weed for fulsome Worms.

1823 Ann. Reg., Chron. 141 They continued grabbling for about five minutes, as if looking for something they had lost.

1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 127 He was grabbling about in the water with a sponge.

1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 155 To wade through Hegel..is merely to grope and grabble and to gnaw at the root of one's own growth.

1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale (at cited word) ‘To grabble for trout;’ i.e. to grope in holes for them.

单词	to grope and grabble
释义	> as lemmas to grope and grabble a. intransitive. To feel or search with the hands, to grope about. Sometimes to grope and grabble (cf. Dutch grapen en grabbelen). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > grope about feela1382 to fathom aboutc1400 to feel (out) one's waya1450 grabble1579 pouter1812 1579–80 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 294 Grabling all night in the dark..through wild Olive Trees, and high Rocks. 1581 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. 103 b Where after they have placed hym, they leave hym grabling in that place, and departe their way. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. iii. 13 Ile grable for Gudgeons or fish for Flounders. 1631 E. Pellham Gods Power 5 We were faine to grabble in the darke (as it were) like a blinde man for his way. 1640 J. Shirley Arcadia iii. ii Thou must stoop..And grabble for't [gold] in ground. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid i. vi. 22 To what end is it, to groap and to grable so much in Wounds? 1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses iii. 15 My Blood chills about my Heart, at the thought of these Rogues, with their bloody Hands grabbling in my Guts, and pulling out my very Entrails. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 178 Grabling round a nautious Weed for fulsome Worms. 1823 Ann. Reg., Chron. 141 They continued grabbling for about five minutes, as if looking for something they had lost. 1824 Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare App. 127 He was grabbling about in the water with a sponge. 1841 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 50 155 To wade through Hegel..is merely to grope and grabble and to gnaw at the root of one's own growth. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale (at cited word) ‘To grabble for trout;’ i.e. to grope in holes for them. extracted from grabblev. < as lemmas
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