单词 | grope |
释义 | grope I. intransitive verb 1. a. < groping around in the shadowy room for a switch to turn on the light > < groping for her arm > : reach out blindly < tottered at the edge of the cliff, groping at the air > b. < groping for the simplest ground rules of conduct — Gilbert Seldes > < groped confusedly for words — E.A.McCourt > < it was as though she groped after something which was vanishing — Victoria Sackville-West > 2. < groping along through the darkness until they arrived at the door > < when her mind is groping about in this new attitude it will be easy for me to influence her — Liam O'Flaherty > < groping toward a solution to the problem > transitive verb 1. a. (1) obsolete (2) b. now dialect Britain 2. < the effort which it has cost our predecessors to grope their way through the mists of ignorance and superstition — J.G.Frazer > < groped his way from the balcony to the bedroom door — Geoffrey Household > II. |
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