单词	grope
释义	grope1 verbgrope2 noun gropegrope1 /ɡrəʊp $ ɡroʊp/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINgrope1 Origin: Old English grapian Verb Table VERB TABLE grope Simple Form Present I, you, we, they grope he, she, it gropes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they groped Present perfect I, you, we, they have groped he, she, it has groped Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had groped Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will grope Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have groped Continuous Form Present I am groping he, she, it is groping you, we, they are groping Past I, he, she, it was groping you, we, they were groping Present perfect I, you, we, they have been groping he, she, it has been groping Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been groping Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be groping Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been groping Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Fumbling and vague groping is encouraged. He was merely groping for the road to freedom. I groped a few more feet into the bush. Mr. Kinnock I think the answer that the Prime Minister was groping for was yes. She set Janir down in the garden where he groped around and tested the dirt with his mouth. Sometimes, but only very rarely do I touch a piece of bliss when I grope in the dark. Then she groped at her shoulder to where the oxygen tank was moulded around her triceps. Thesaurus THESAURUS► touch to put your fingers or hand onto someone or something for a very short time: · Don’t touch the iron – it’s hot! ► feel to touch something with your fingers in order to find out about it: · Feel how soft this material is.· I felt his forehead. It was cold. ► handle to touch something and pick it up and hold it in your hands: · Children should always wash their hands before handling food.· The glass was very fragile, and she handled it with great care.· Please do not handle the merchandise. ► finger to touch or handle something with your fingers, especially while you are thinking of other things: · She fingered the heavy necklace around her neck. ► rub to move your hand over a surface while pressing it: · Bob rubbed his eyes and yawned. ► scratch to rub part of your body with your nails, often because it itches: · The dog kept scratching its ear.· Bob scratched his head thoughtfully. ► tickle to move your fingers lightly over someone’s body in order to make them laugh: · The baby giggled as I tickled him. ► grope to touch someone’s body in a sexual way when they do not want to be touched: · The officer was accused of groping several women in his platoon. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► grope your way along/across etc  I was groping my way blindly through the trees. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► along · The smell of stale beer and cigarette smoke spilled into the back-stage corridors as we groped along in search of my dressing room. ► around · As a newcomer to a job and organisation, you may find yourself groping around to discover how status operates.· She set Janir down in the garden where he groped around and tested the dirt with his mouth.· His hand groped around the wall just inside the door, feeling for the light switch.· We groped around in the darkness, found a fat tallow candle and I lit it with my tinder.· I groped around with my foot for the table-leg and pressed down hard until the spasm gradually subsided.· She began to struggle free of Marco's embrace, groping around for anchorage.· Frankie groped around on the shelves until his fingers encountered a deep plate.· Lucker gropes around on the floor. NOUN► hand · His hand groped around the wall just inside the door, feeling for the light switch.· Holding my throbbing temples between my hands, I groped my way to the Oval.· The mummy clawed blindly with his free hand, groping for the chip man's voice.· She turned wildly, then staggered, her hands groping for the brass footrail of the bed.· With her other hand she groped and found the switch.· Tolby flung himself sideways, his hand groping for the door handle.· The other man moved over to join them, gripping Connelly's right arm so that his hand was groping at empty air. 1[intransitive] to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your handsgrope for Ginny groped for her glasses on the bedside table.grope around We groped around in the darkness.2[intransitive, transitive] to go somewhere by feeling the way with your hands because you cannot seegrope your way along/across etc I was groping my way blindly through the trees. Ally groped steadily towards the door.3 grope for something to try hard to find the right words to say or the right solution to a problem but without any real idea of how to do this:  She hesitated, seeming to grope for words.4[transitive] informal to move your hands over someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this grope1 verbgrope2 noun gropegrope2 noun [countable usually singular] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Berkoff portrays a lonely middle-aged woman who has had more than her fair share of gropes in corners and one-night stands. But this was a dark place of gropes and whispers, of black silhouettes. Unable to see out the operator inside was responsible for a few unintentional gropes during rehearsals! informal touching someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this
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