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grope v.(暗中)摸索；探索；<口>(调情时)抚摸…身体 (1) 我在黑暗中摸索着门把手。(2) 我们摸索着走过黑暗的街道。(3) 我们只能边探索边干。(4) 只是朋友嘛。我不会对你动手动脚的，我保证。 If you're asked a question and you grope for an answer, you're at a loss for words. You can also grope another person, although I wouldn't recommend it: grope is usually used to describe touching that is unwanted (i.e. creepy behavior). If you do grope someone, don't bother groping for an explanation when you get slapped or arrested.

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英 [ɡrəʊp] 美 [ɡroʊp] (1) I groped for the door handle in the dark.(2) We groped our way through the dark streets.(3) We have to grope for ways to do thing.(4) Just friends. I won't grope you, I promise. When you grope for something, you try to get a grip on it. If you drop your flashlight in a dark cave, you might grope around for it. Beware of snakes! 1[VERB 动词]摸索；探寻 If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it.   [V for n]  [V adv/prep]With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open...他左手摸索着门把手，转动一下，然后推开门。Bunbury groped in his breast pocket for his wallet.邦伯里手伸进前胸口袋里摸索钱包。2[VERB 动词]摸索着走 If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything.   [V way prep/adv]I didn't  turn on the light, but groped my way across the room.我没有开灯，而是一路摸黑走过房间。3[VERB 动词]探索；努力寻求 If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be.   [V for n]  [Also V towards n]He groped for solutions to the problems facing the country...他在探求国家所面临问题的解决办法。She groped for a simple word to express a simple idea.她想找个简单的词来表达简单的想法。gropingThey continue their groping towards a constitutional settlement.他们继续寻求合乎宪法规定的解决方案。4[VERB 动词]抚摸；猥亵 If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way.   [V n]  [disapproval]  [INFORMAL 非正式]He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.他会试图摸她的胸部，还把手从她的裙子上向上移。Grope is also a noun.She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.她甚至吹嘘曾和一个13岁的男孩在衣橱里有过肌肤之亲。

英语单词	grope
英美音标	英 [ɡrəʊp] 美 [ɡroʊp]
中文释义	v.(暗中)摸索；探索；<口>(调情时)抚摸…身体
英语例句	(1) I groped for the door handle in the dark. (2) We groped our way through the dark streets. (3) We have to grope for ways to do thing. (4) Just friends. I won't grope you, I promise.
中文例句	(1) 我在黑暗中摸索着门把手。 (2) 我们摸索着走过黑暗的街道。 (3) 我们只能边探索边干。 (4) 只是朋友嘛。我不会对你动手动脚的，我保证。
vocabulary简明	When you grope for something, you try to get a grip on it. If you drop your flashlight in a dark cave, you might grope around for it. Beware of snakes!
vocabulary扩展	If you're asked a question and you grope for an answer, you're at a loss for words. You can also grope another person, although I wouldn't recommend it: grope is usually used to describe touching that is unwanted (i.e. creepy behavior). If you do grope someone, don't bother groping for an explanation when you get slapped or arrested.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]摸索；探寻 If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it. [V for n] [V adv/prep] With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open... 他左手摸索着门把手，转动一下，然后推开门。 Bunbury groped in his breast pocket for his wallet. 邦伯里手伸进前胸口袋里摸索钱包。 2 [VERB 动词]摸索着走 If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything. [V way prep/adv] I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room. 我没有开灯，而是一路摸黑走过房间。 3 [VERB 动词]探索；努力寻求 If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be. [V for n] [Also V towards n] He groped for solutions to the problems facing the country... 他在探求国家所面临问题的解决办法。 She groped for a simple word to express a simple idea. 她想找个简单的词来表达简单的想法。 groping They continue their groping towards a constitutional settlement. 他们继续寻求合乎宪法规定的解决方案。 4 [VERB 动词]抚摸；猥亵 If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way. [V n] [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt. 他会试图摸她的胸部，还把手从她的裙子上向上移。 Grope is also a noun. She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old. 她甚至吹嘘曾和一个13岁的男孩在衣橱里有过肌肤之亲。

Grope I [V D Verb 动词 N Groping