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fumble vi.摸索；笨手笨脚地做vt.笨拙地做；弄乱；失球n.摸索；失球；漏接球 (1) 要有耐心，要慢慢摸索。(2) 当你出境时，要摸索着寻找护照。 Fumbling is an uncoordinated movement that can involve your entire body, not just your hands. Witness the poor parent of a newborn trying to fumble with a diaper on at three in the morning. Fumble has a more metaphorical meaning as well, meaning to mess up or mishandle. Politicians are often accused of fumbling the major issues.

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英 ['fʌmbl] 美 ['fʌmbl] (1) Want to have patience, want to fumble slowly.(2) You fumble to find your passport when you cross a frontier. If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble — the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession. 1[VERB 动词]乱摸；摸索；笨拙地处理 If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.   [V for/with/in n]  [V n]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。He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。2[VERB 动词]笨嘴拙舌地说话；结结巴巴地说话 When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.   [V for n]  [V n]  [Also V]I fumbled for something to say...我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。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。

英语单词	fumble
英美音标	英 ['fʌmbl] 美 ['fʌmbl]
中文释义	vi.摸索；笨手笨脚地做 vt.笨拙地做；弄乱；失球 n.摸索；失球；漏接球
英语例句	(1) Want to have patience, want to fumble slowly. (2) You fumble to find your passport when you cross a frontier.
中文例句	(1) 要有耐心，要慢慢摸索。 (2) 当你出境时，要摸索着寻找护照。
vocabulary简明	If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble — the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession.
vocabulary扩展	Fumbling is an uncoordinated movement that can involve your entire body, not just your hands. Witness the poor parent of a newborn trying to fumble with a diaper on at three in the morning. Fumble has a more metaphorical meaning as well, meaning to mess up or mishandle. Politicians are often accused of fumbling the major issues.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]乱摸；摸索；笨拙地处理 If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. [V for/with/in n] [V n] 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。 He fumbled with the buttons at the neck... 他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。 He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette. 他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。 2 [VERB 动词]笨嘴拙舌地说话；结结巴巴地说话 When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way. [V for n] [V n] [Also V] I fumbled for something to say... 我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。 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。

Fumble D [V N Clumsy Fumbling Meaning Verb