单词 | to grope one's way |
释义 | > as lemmasto grope one's way d. to grope one's way: to find one's way by feeling about or groping; to feel one's way; to proceed in a tentative manner. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > effect forward movement in specific way > tentatively or by feeling to grope one's way1574 to feel (out) one's way1638 to fumble one's way1801 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > try experiments or make experiment [verb (intransitive)] > proceed tentatively to feel (out) one's waya1450 to grope one's way1862 1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 537 To proue, trye, or feele the way as he goeth: to grope the way. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 68 Hence wert thou doom'd in endless Night to stray Through Theban Streets, and cheerless groap thy Way. a1794 E. Gibbon Autobiogr. (1896) 227 I groped my way to the chappel and the communion-table by the dim light of my catechism. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 93 I groped my way out of the room. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxviii. 149 We..groped our way down stairs in the pitch dark. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. i. 7 With our limited capacities, we are compelled..to grope our way as well as we can. < as lemmas |
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