| 词汇 | fumble |
| 释义 | fumble verb uk /ˈfʌm.bəl/ us /ˈfʌm.bəl/ fumbleverb (DO STH AWKWARDLY)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 笨手笨脚地做;（尤指）摸索，乱摸 fumble withI fumbled with the lock.我笨手笨脚地想把锁打开。 fumble in something for somethingHe fumbled in his pockets for some change.他在口袋里摸索着找零钱。 fumble aroundShe fumbled around in her handbag, looking for her key. fumble aboutUKShe fumbled about in her handbag, looking for her key. They fumbled about (= moved awkwardly) in the dark, trying to find their way out of the cinema. Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely gawkily inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy like a bull in a china shopidiom uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly fumbleverb (SPORT)[ I,T ] in sport, to fail to hold on to the ball: fumble a catchIf Wilson hadn't fumbled that catch, we might have won the match.如果威尔逊没有漏掉那个球，这场比赛我们可能就会赢了。 Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant fumbleverb (THINK OF A WORD)[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to have difficulty saying or thinking of suitable words: 找不到合适的词表达；搜肠刮肚 fumble forI was fumbling for the right word.我正在搜肠刮肚，想找一个合适的词。 Experiencing difficulties be be (caught) between a rock and a hard placeidiom be climbing the wallsidiom be for the high jumpidiom be/come up against a brick wallidiom fall into something flounder frying pan fun go through a bad/difficult/rough/sticky patchidiom jungle leg on a razor edgeidiom out of the frying pan into the fireidiom pickle pressed prob rocky sticky strand fumble noun[ C ] uk /ˈfʌm.bəl/ us /ˈfʌm.bəl/ fumblenoun[C] (AWKWARD ACTION)an act of doing something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: After a brief fumble in her handbag, she produced a clean handkerchief. Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely gawkily inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy like a bull in a china shopidiom uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly fumblenoun[C] (SPORT)especially in football, an occasion when someone fails to hold on to the ball: Austin recovered the fumble and ran into the end zone for a touchdown. Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: American football fumble | American Dictionaryfumble verb[ I/T ] us/ˈfʌm·bəl/ to feel around awkwardly, esp. with your hands: [ I ]Jack fumbled in his pocket for the keys. [ I ]My mind went blank, and I began to fumble for words. In some sports, esp. football, if you fumble the ball you fail to hold it after touching or carrying it. Examples of fumblefumble They could only be expected to fumble and blunder as they struggled to master the art of command at the senior level. Our bodies fumble or dance their way through life as powerhouses of making and meaning. In that case, when nature has apparently fumbled, human hands can seek to rescue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They first of ail fumbled about the date. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The attempts by the local education authority to remove surplus places have been met by prevarication, fumbling inefficiency, and totally unwarranted and costly delay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I got the impression that she fumbled over that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all subscribe to those objectives in our own pragmatic, rather tentative and perhaps hesitant and fumbling rule-of-thumb manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I once spent five minutes fumbling about in the dark trying to release myself from the seat belt of my daughter's car. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must admit that we are fumbling in the dark. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The others end up whistling in the wind, fumbling in the dark, or whatever metaphor one wants to use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been only a fumbling towards any kind of energy policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a fumbling way, they are trying to find out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that we have here not a genuine, radical experiment, but a fumbled and inadequate piece of analysis of an extremely complex issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were able to slip away from that because of a little fumbling about the report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had a shambling, fumbling, largely irrelevant and, at one point, degrading speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of fumble These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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