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

• Beginners do a lot of clumsy fumbling about.
  初学者做很多笨拙的事情探索它。
• Clark Kent, Supermans alter ego is fumbling and bumbling character.
  克拉克肯特，超人的另一个自我是一个支支吾吾的，笨手笨脚的形象。
• Then he sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes.
  坐进车里，好几分钟他又都是在摸着那些钥匙。
• She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
  她摸黑找电灯开关。
• The problem with fumbling from slippery rock to rock is that there is always the danger of falling in.
  但问题在于，摸着一块又一块滑溜溜的石头过河，始终有落水的危险。
• 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？
• His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority
  批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
• 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。
• 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。