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Fumble Bumble Suggest Onomatopoeia Sound Felt Stumble Fume

正面 8013.fumble
英 ['fʌmb(ə)l]美 ['fʌmbl]

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释义:
vt. 摸索;笨拙地做;漏接vi. 摸索;笨拙地行动;漏球n. 摸索;笨拙的处理;漏球
例句:
1. His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.由于尴尬不安,他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚.

音:翻吧、翻笨(吧需要些口音)2. -umble: suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness.3. => bumble, tumble, stumble, fumble.4. bumble, stumble => fumble.5. feel / find + bumble / stumble => fumble.6. 由“瞎摸、乱摸”引申为“失球、漏球、犯错误”。7. fume 浓烟中摸索,因为啥也看不见。=> fume => fum- + -ble => fumble.
fumble 笨拙的做拟声词,模仿笨拙的声音。比较bumble, stumble.
fumble (v.)mid-15c., "handle clumsily," possibly from Old Norse falma "to fumble, grope." Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic (Swedish fumla; Dutch fommelen) suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness (compare bumble, stumble, and obsolete English famble, fimble of roughly the same meaning). Intransitive sense "do or seek awkwardly" is from 1530s. Sense in football is from 1889. Related: Fumbled; fumbling.fumble (n.)1640s, from fumble (v.)."

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