grope意思

2022-12-04 来源：九壹网

grope的意思是：v.(暗中)摸索；探索；(调情时)抚摸…身体。grope的词源解说是☆ 直接源自古英语的grapian，意为触摸。grope【近义词】feel about。

v.(动词)

n.(名词)

二、双解释义

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 暗中摸,摸索 try to find sth by feeling with the hands in a place one cannot see
vi. 探索,搜寻 search with uncertainty of success for an idea or fact

三、英英释义

Noun:

Verb:

feel about uncertainly or blindly;
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
search blindly or uncertainly;
"His mind groped to make the connection"
fondle for sexual pleasure;
"He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"

四、例句

I groped for the door handle in the dark.

我在黑暗中摸索着门把手。

We groped our way through the dark streets.

我们摸索着走过黑暗的街道。

We have to grope for ways to do thing.

我们只能边探索边干。

Just friends. I won't grope you, I promise.

只是朋友嘛。我不会对你动手动脚的，我保证。

五、常见句型

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

六、经典引文

We were groping and stumbling along a deep ditch.
出自：S. Sassoon
His hand groped in the deep pocket of his coat for the coin.
出自：R. C. Hutchinson

七、词源解说

grope的相关近义词

feel about、probe、venture

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