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单词 grope
释义 grope
I. \ˈgrōp\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English gropen, from Old English grāpian; akin to Old English grīpan to seize, attack — more at gripe
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to feel about (as with the hands) blindly or uncertainly or hesitantly in an attempt to find something or touch something
  < 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. : to look for something blindly or uncertainly or hesitantly : search about blindly
  < 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. : to move or act blindly or uncertainly or hesitantly : feel one's way
 < 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 : touch, handle; specifically : grasp
  (2) : to pass the hands over (the person of another) for the sake of sexual pleasure
 b. now dialect Britain : to subject (as a criminal) to a manual search
2. : to come upon, ascertain, or find (as one's way) by feeling about blindly or uncertainly or hesitantly : search out blindly
 < 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. noun
(-s)
: the action of groping
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