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单词 fumble
释义
fumble
(fʌmbəl )
Word forms: fumbles , fumbling , fumbled
1. verb
If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.
She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown. [V + for/with]
He fumbled with the buttons at the neck. [V for/with/in n]
He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette. [VERB noun]
[Also V + in]
Synonyms: grope, flounder, paw [informal], scrabble  
2. verb
When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.
I fumbled for something to say. [VERB + for]
He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say. [VERB noun]
[Also VERB]
Translations:
Chinese: 笨拙地去够
Japanese: 手探りする
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