grope
grope 英 [grəʊp] 美 [groʊp]
vi. 摸索；探索 vt. 摸索 n. 摸索；触摸
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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- vi. 摸索；探索
- vt. 摸索
- n. 摸索；触摸
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1. They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
他们无光，在黑暗中摸索，又使他们东倒西歪，像醉酒的人一样。
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2. They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
他们白昼遇见黑暗，午间摸索如在夜间。
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3. A random unexpected grope is always welcome, even in public. Especially in public.
我们总是欢迎意想不到的随意触摸，即便是在公共场合；特别是在公共场合。
- 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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