fumble
verb
uk/ˈfʌm.bəl/us/ˈfʌm.bəl/fumbleverb(DO STH AWKWARDLY)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to do somethingawkwardly,especiallywhen usingyourhands:
笨手笨脚地做；（尤指）摸索，乱摸I fumbledwiththelock.我笨手笨脚地想把锁打开。
He fumbledinhispocketsforsomechange.他在口袋里摸索着找零钱。
She fumbledaround/aboutin herhandbag,lookingfor herkey.她在手提袋里摸索着找钥匙。
They fumbledaround/about(=movedawkwardly)in thedark,tryingtofindtheirway out of thecinema.他们在黑暗中摸索，想从电影院里出去。
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- for toffeeidiom
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal
fumbleverb(SPORT)
[I,T]
insport, tofailtocatchaball:
漏接（球）If Wilson hadn't fumbled thatcatch, we might havewonthematch.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
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- screw
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
fumbleverb(THINK OF A WORD)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
to havedifficultysaying orthinkingofsuitablewords:
找不到合适的词表达；搜肠刮肚I was fumblingfortherightword.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
- doo-doo
- embattled
- fall intosomething
- flounder
- frying pan
- jungle
- leg
- multiproblem
- not have a leg to stand onidiom
- on a razor edgeidiom
- out of the frying pan into the fireidiom
- pickle
- rocky
- sticky
- weed