| 单词 | fumble |
| 释义 | fumble (once / 855 pages) 1v 2n If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble — the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession. Fumbling is an uncoordinated movement that can involve your entire body, not just your hands. Witness the poor parent of a newborn trying to fumble with a diaper on at three in the morning. Fumble has a more metaphorical meaning as well, meaning to mess up or mishandle. Politicians are often accused of fumbling the major issues. WORD FAMILYfumble: fumbled, fumbler, fumbles, fumbling+/fumbler: fumblers/fumbling: fumblingly USAGE EXAMPLESBut he also threw an interception and lost a fumble. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Cook was 14 of 21 with a touchdown to Amari Cooper, an interception and a lost fumble against the defending Super Bowl champion Broncos. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) EJ Manuel , who was 9 of 20 for 86 yards and lost a fumble in the start, is scheduled to be a free agent. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v feel about uncertainly or blindly Syn|Hyper grope look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 2v make one's way clumsily or blindly He fumbled towards the door Syn|Hyper blunder go across, go through, pass go across or through 3v handle clumsily Hyper handle, palm touch, lift, or hold with the hands 4v drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder fumble a grounder Hyper play participate in games or sport 5v make a mess of, destroy, or ruin 2Syn|Hyper ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil fail, go wrong, miscarry be unsuccessful n (sports) dropping the ball Syn|Hyper muff bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfall an embarrassing mistake |
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