英语词汇“fumble”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	fumble
释义	fum·ble I. \ˈfəmbəl\ verb (fumbled ; fumbled ; fumbling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; fumbles) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish fumla to fumble, bungle, Norwegian dialect fumla *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to grope for or handle something clumsily, perplexedly, or aimlessly < fumbled nervously with her necklace before she answered > b. : make awkward attempts to do or find something < his numb hands fumble with the shoestring > < fumbled in his pocket for a coin > c. : search by trial and error < a generation that fumbles after a fresh outlook on life > d. : blunder < just when the whole scheme hung in balance he fumbled > 2. archaic : to be impotent in sexual relations 3. : to speak gropingly or indistinctly < he fumbled in answering and made them suspicious > : mumble < shyness made his tongue fumble > 4. : to feel one's way or move awkwardly < they fumbled along the dark path > < fumbled about until the admiral indicated where he was to sit — J.A.Michener > 5. a. : to drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a ground ball — compare muff b. : to lose hold of a football while handling or running with it *transitive verb* 1. : to accomplish or bring about by clumsy or groping manipulation < fumbled the door open > 2. a. : to feel of or handle gropingly or clumsily < his toes fumbling the rough edge of a big rip in the carpet — Raymond Chandler > < he fumbled the pages looking for the place > b. : to deal with in an awkward or blundering way : bungle < where adept decisive action is needed he fumbles the problem > < he fumbled a chance to take the fort by surprise > 3. : to utter in a groping, indistinct, or blundering way < startled into confusion, he fumbles out a few broken sentences > < made to feel inferior if we fumble an unusual word — G.A.Miller > 4. archaic : to bundle cumbrously or confusedly < send them forth so covered, veiled, and fumbled up — John Molle > < fumble this, next, and last week's devotion all in a prayer — Thomas Fuller > 5. : to make (one's way) in a clumsy or groping manner < the baby turtles will fumble their way down to the water's edge — Alan Moorehead > < watch a growing community fumble its way to maturity — T.H.White b.1915 > 6. a. : misplay < fumble a ground ball > b. : to lose hold of (a football) while handling or running II. noun (-s) 1. : an act or instance of fumbling < a long evolution that begins with the fumbles, trials and errors of practical men — Charles Frankel > < safe on the shortstop's fumble > 2. : a fumbled ball < fell on the quarterback's fumble >
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