英语词汇“grope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

gropegrope1 /groʊp/ verb

ETYMOLOGYgrope¹

Origin: Old English grapian

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

1[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands: grope for/through/around etc. He groped for the light switch.2grope your way along/across etc. to go somewhere by feeling the way with your hands, because you cannot see: I groped my way down the hallway till I found my room.3[intransitive] 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: grope for He groped for something to say.4[transitive] informal to touch or grab someone’s body in a sexual way, when he or she does not like it