fumble
- n.摸索;(美式足球)失球，接球失误，漏接;乱摸;笨拙的手部动作
- v.失球;漏接;胡乱摸找(某物);接球失误;笨手笨脚地做(某事);支支吾吾地说;笨嘴拙舌地说话
复数： fumbles 过去式： fumbled 现在分词： fumbling 过去分词： fumbled 第三人称单数： fumbles
fumbleverb
笨手笨脚地做（某事）；胡乱摸找（某物）
to use your hands in an awkward way when you are doing sth or looking for sth
She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。
She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
她摸黑找电灯开关。
He fumbled the key into the ignition.
他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
笨嘴拙舌地说话；支支吾吾地说
to have difficulty speaking clearly or finding the right words to say
During the interview, she fumbled helplessly for words.
面试时她支支吾吾找不出适当的话语。
to fumble an announcement
结结巴巴地宣告
失球；接球失误；漏接
to drop a ball or to fail to stop or kick it
noun
笨拙的手部动作；乱摸
an awkward action using the hands
（美式足球）失球，接球失误，漏接
the action of dropping the ball while it is in play in American football
fumble
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VERB 乱摸;摸索;笨拙地处理
If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来，摸索着自己的晨衣。
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VERB 笨嘴拙舌地说话;结结巴巴地说话
When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way.I fumbled for something to say...
我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
noun
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- (sports) dropping the ball
- Synonym: muff
verb
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- drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
- fumble a grounder
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- handle clumsily
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- feel about uncertainly or blindly
- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
- Synonym: grope
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- make one's way clumsily or blindly
- He fumbled towards the door
- Synonym: blunder
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- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- Synonym: botch bodge bumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up spoil muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
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But generally speaking , was still in the start , the fumble stage , lacks the whole the scientific research .
但总体来说，尚处于起步、摸索阶段，缺乏整体的科学研究。
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I think , this needs to fumble ceaselessly in practice , cannot be an armchair strategist .
我认为，这需要在实践中不断摸索，不能纸上谈兵。
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He fumbled the key into the ignition .
他笨拙地把钥匙插进汽车点火开关。
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During the interview , she fumbled helplessly for words .
面试时她支支吾吾找不出适当的话语。
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He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt .
他笨手笨脚地摆弄他衬衣上的纽扣。
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She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief .
她在她口袋里胡乱摸找手帕。
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He fumbled his lines , not knowing what he was going to say .
他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。
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Fumbling , he ran her card through the machine .
他笨手笨脚地用她的卡在机器上刷了一下。
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His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority
批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
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I fumbled for something to say
我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
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Walsh fumbled in his pocket , a reflex from his smoking days
沃尔什在口袋里摸索着，这是他抽烟时养成的习惯动作。
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He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette .
他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
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She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown
她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来，摸索着自己的晨衣。
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Fuddled by brandy , her brain fumbled over the events of the night .
白兰地让她脑子昏昏沉沉的，记不清楚晚上发生的事了。
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Peter drove jerkily , cornering too fast and fumbling the gears .
彼得转弯太急，换挡不利索，车开得一颠一颠的。
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He fumbled with the buttons at the neck
他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
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The priest fumbled in the folds of his gown .
牧师胡乱整了整长袍上的褶皱。
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The teacher fumbled with his notes and began to speak .
老师手忙脚乱地翻找讲稿，然后开始讲课。
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She fumbled in the dark for the light switch .
她在黑暗中摸索着找电灯开关。
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He fumbled about in the dark but couldn 't find the door .
他在黑暗中探摸了一阵儿，却找不到门。
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He fumbled the one slender chance we had .
他贻误了我们获得的一个微小的机会。
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His awkwardness made him fumble with the key .
由于尴尬不安，他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚。
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The placement shot fumbles the primary cause which into this competition Chinese army loses the game .
定位球失球成为本场比赛汉军输球的主要原因。
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If he actually managed to the ball instead of fumbling it with an off-balance shot .
如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动，经常这样结束。
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If he actually managed to secure the ball instead of fumbling it awkwardly an off-balance shot .
如果他实际上设法拿好球而不是fumbling它。50-50提议有时。他从off-balance射击笨拙地和迅速地会开始他的岗位移动，经常这样结束。
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Jerry was already unhappy because he fumbled the ball , but his teammates kept rubbing it in .
本来杰瑞就很不高兴，因为他失了球，而他的队友们还一再提那件事。
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Van der Meyde boots the ball to safety after Toldo fumbles a right cross .
因为托尔多在右侧漏球，范得美德把球护到安全的地方。
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Actually also I am fumbling this all the time .
其实这也是我一直在摸索的。
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The old man fumbled with the key in the dark .
老人在黑暗中摸索着寻找钥匙。
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The penalty area was the main fumble area .
罚球区是失球的主要区域。