fumbling

英 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ]

adj.  笨拙的; 迟疑的
v.  笨手笨脚地做(某事); 胡乱摸找(某物); 笨嘴拙舌地说话; 支支吾吾地说; 失球; 接球失误; 漏接
fumble的现在分词

复数：fumblings　现在分词：fumbling　

BNC.37200 / COCA.33045

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨拙的；迟疑的
  awkward, uncertain or hesitating
  1. a fumbling schoolboy
     笨拙的男生

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乱摸;摸索;笨拙地处理
  If youfumbleforsomething orfumblewithsomething, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.
  1. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
     她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来，摸索着自己的晨衣。
  2. He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...
     他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
  3. He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
     他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
• VERB 笨嘴拙舌地说话;结结巴巴地说话
  When you are trying to say something, if youfumblefor the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.
  1. I fumbled for something to say...
     我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
  2. He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
     他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。

英英释义

adj

• showing lack of skill or aptitude
  1. a bungling workman
  2. did a clumsy job
  3. his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
  Synonym:bunglingclumsyincompetent

双语例句

• Actually also I am fumbling this all the time.
  其实这也是我一直在摸索的。
• Wellhung: I'm fumbling with the clasp on your bra. I think it's stuck. Do you have any scissors?
  我在摸索你胸罩的挂钩，我觉得它好像卡住了，你有剪刀没？
• Voters, fumbling for a way to break with the past, took up Mr Koizumi's challenge.
  在与过去决裂的道路上摸索的选民们接受了小泉的挑战。
• Youth with its fumbling and follies, its eagerness and questioning, is the eternal hope of mankind.
  青春充满着幼稚而愚笨的探索，充满着渴望和质疑，它是人类社会不竭的希望。
• After fumbling through her purse, she presented me with what she said was the only thing that bore both her name and address.
  在手提袋中找来找去，然后，她给了我一张她说唯一拥有她的姓名和地址的东西。
• He was fumbling in his pocket for money.
  他在口袋时摸索着找钱。
• Hearn was fumbling now, he had noticed that in him.
  他看出了侯恩是在那里冥思苦想。
• He questioned, fumbling clumsily at her chin, trying to turn her face upward, his own face furrowed with pity.
  他问她，笨拙地摸摸她的下巴，想叫她仰起脸来，这时他自己的脸由于怜悯而露出深深的皱纹来了。
• Beginners do a lot of clumsy fumbling about.
  初学者做很多笨拙的事情探索它。
• But early indications are that Mr Obama is still fumbling for the right one.
  但从初步迹象来看，奥巴马对此仍在摸索之中。