grope
grope 英 [grəʊp] 美 [groʊp]
v. 摸索；探索
进行时:groping 过去式:groped 过去分词:groped 第三人称单数:gropes 名词复数:gropes
- 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!
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- v. 摸索；探索
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1. He groped around in the dark for his other sock.
他在黑暗中到处瞎摸找另一只袜子。
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2. He groped his way up the staircase in the dark.
他摸黑走上楼梯。
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3. She groped through the darkness towards the doors.
她摸黑朝门口走去。
- grope (n.) c. 1500, "act of groping," from grope (v.). Old English had grap "a grasp."
- grope (v.) late Old English grapian "to feel about (as one blind or in darkness)," also "take hold of, seize, touch, attain," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe (v.)). Transitive sense "search out by sense of touch alone" was in late Old English. Figurative sense is from early 14c. Indecent sense "touch (someone) amorously, play with, fondle" (marked as "obsolete" in OED 2nd edition) is from c. 1200. Related: Groped; groping.
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