英语词汇“grope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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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