grope
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɡrəʊp]
- 美式音标 [ɡroʊp]
- 国际音标 [ɡrəup]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vi. 摸索；探索
- vt. 摸索
- n. 摸索；触摸
- n. (Grope)人名；(德)格罗佩
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的grapian，意为触摸。
词根记忆
- g + rope(绳子)→抓住绳子，暗中摸索→暗中摸索
- g + rope(绳子)→抓住绳子，(暗中)摸索→暗中摸
- g + rope(绳子)→抓住绳子向前走→(暗中)摸索
词组短语
- grope blindly 瞎摸
- grope about 四处触摸
- grope after 〔for〕 探索,寻求
- grope through 摸索着走过…
- grope with one 's hands 用手摸索
- literary grope 文学探索
- I Grope 我摸索往前走
用作动词 (v.)
～+副词
～+介词
短语
英英字典
- to feel with your hands, especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily
- a sexual touch, usually an unwanted and unpleasant one
- If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it.
- If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything.
- If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be.
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专业释义
- 摸索