Fumble

(noun.) (sports) dropping the ball.

(verb.) drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; 'fumble a grounder'.

(verb.) handle clumsily.

(verb.) make one's way clumsily or blindly; 'He fumbled towards the door'.

多拉编辑

• Don't fumble with it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Rosedale continued to fumble awkwardly with the tea-pot, and she felt sure that he had heard what had been said of her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She fumbled, and took one. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The friendly little old man shook it heartily, and after a little shower of caution, he took his umbrella, and fumbled his way out of the room. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It was pitch dark inside the house, and the colonel fumbled about looking for matches and muttering under his breath. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I got at my spectacles, with some fumbling and difficulty, feeling the Sergeant's dismal eyes fixed on me all the time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I cannot find any knocker, my lord,' said the footman, at our carriage-door, after fumbling about for some time. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I shall say I didn't know you, for you look so grown-up and unlike yourself, I'm quite afraid of you, he said, fumbling at his glove button. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• After much impressive fumbling of keys and opening of locks, the stained and aged document was spread before us. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Well, well, said the honest old man, fumbling in his pocket: I s'pose, perhaps, I an't following my judgment,--hang it, I _won't_ follow my judgment! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

校对:莫蒂默