fumble for something
collocation笨拙地摸索寻找某物
She fumbled for her phone in her bag.
她在包里笨拙地摸索找手机。
摸索；乱摸
fumbling — present participle of fumble
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摸索；乱摸
to feel or search for something awkwardly with your hands
He fumbled in his pocket for the keys.
他笨拙地在口袋里摸索钥匙。
紧张或笨拙地处理
To handle nervously or awkwardly.
笨拙地摸索寻找
To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
不确定地犯错
To blunder uncertainly.
困惑地摸索；笨拙地寻找
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
fumble
Base
原形
fumbles
3rd person
第三人称单数
fumbling
-ing
现在分词
fumbled
Past
过去式
fumbled
Past participle
过去分词
He often fumbles when trying to open the door in the dark.
他常在黑暗中摸索着开门。
She fumbled with her phone and dropped it yesterday.
她昨天笨拙地摆弄手机，结果摔了。
The team has fumbled the ball three times in this game.
这支队伍在这场比赛里已经三次漏接球了。
常指笨拙地摸索或体育中的漏球。
The quarterback fumbled the ball and lost possession.
四分卫漏接了球，失去了球权。
She fumbled with the lock, unable to get the key to turn.
她笨手笨脚地弄着锁，无法转动钥匙。
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笨拙地摸索寻找某物
She fumbled for her phone in her bag.
她在包里笨拙地摸索找手机。
笨手笨脚地摆弄某物
He fumbled with his tie during the interview.
面试时他笨手笨脚地摆弄领带。
四处乱摸；瞎摸索
I fumbled around in the dark to find the light switch.
我在黑暗中四处乱摸，寻找电灯开关。
勉强应付；笨拙地完成某事
He fumbled through the interview.
他勉强应付完了面试。
失手掉球；接球失误
The quarterback fumbled the ball in the final seconds.
四分卫在最后几秒失手掉球。
在黑暗中摸索；比喻盲目尝试、毫无头绪
Without clear data, we were fumbling in the dark for a solution.
没有清晰的数据，我们如同在黑暗中摸索，寻求解决方案。
结结巴巴地找词，不知如何措辞
She fumbled for words when the interviewer asked about her greatest weakness.
当面试官问及她最大的弱点时，她结结巴巴地不知如何措辞。
笨手笨脚地摸索；到处乱摸
He fumbled around in his pocket for the keys.
他在口袋里笨手笨脚地摸索着找钥匙。
掉球是橄榄球中最关键的一档。
This line is from the Madden NFL video game series, where fumbles are highlighted as game-changing plays.
这句话出自《麦登橄榄球》电子游戏系列，其中掉球被视为能改变比赛局势的关键环节。
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fumble 音近“翻摸”：一紧张就笨手笨脚地翻摸，结果失手掉球，正合“慌乱笨拙”之意。
语域：mixed 常见场景：sports commentary、everyday conversation 该词在日常口语和体育解说中都比较常见；在正式书面语中也可表示“笨拙地处理”，但“摸索”义项更多用于口语。整体语域依搭配和场景而定。
这六个词都与 fumble 押韵：重读元音 /ʌ/ 后接 /mbl/，拼写都以 -mble 结尾。注意形近异音词：tremble /ˈtrembəl/ 和 assemble /əˈsembəl/ 也以 -mble 结尾，但元音不同，不与 fumble 押韵。
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