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

• Wendy: ( Fumbling for a minute) That's strange. There's still no name here.
  温迪：（乱摸了一会）很奇怪里面还是没有名字。
• And, fumbling in her satchel, she pressed a five-dollar piece into his hand.
  她在提包里摸了一会，把一个五块钱的金币塞到他手里。
• His fumbling attempts are really painful to listen to.
  他那拙劣的谎言，让人听起来真是难受。
• A bungling workman; did a clumsy job; his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf.
  一个拙劣的工匠；将工作搞糟了；他企图搭一个架子的想法是笨拙的。
• And she crowded up against me in that little space, tighter than a phone booth. I could hear the soft noise of her hand fumbling along the panel.
  她在那个比电话亭狭小的空间中把我挤开。我能听到她的手在面板上摸索的轻微声音。
• 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。
• For a moment Scarlett went faint, already feeling rough hands thrusting themselves into her bosom, fumbling at her garters.
  顷刻间思嘉几乎晕过去了，她已经感觉到那两只粗鲁的手伸进她怀里，在摸索怀里的带子。
• Marius heard Mother Jondrette's heavy hand fumbling at his lock in the dark.
  马吕斯听见容德雷特大娘的笨手在黑暗中摸索他的钥匙。
• Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along.
  在海滩钻石般闪烁的烟霭中某种黑乎乎的东西正在摸索前来。
• Experienced in the decades after the fumbling, our mobile payment industry ushered in the new opportunities and development space, into rapid development.
  在经历了数十年的摸索之后，我国的移动支付产业迎来了新的契机和发展空间，进入快速发展期。