fumble
英 ['f?mb(?)l]
美['f?mbl]
- vt. 摸索；笨拙地做；漏接
- vi. 摸索；笨拙地行動；漏球
- n. 摸索；笨拙的處理；漏球
CET6+TEM8低頻詞GRE擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?fumbles;第三人稱單數(shù):?fumbles;過去式:?fumbled;過去分詞:?fumbled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?fumbling;
助記提示
音：翻吧、翻笨(吧需要些口音)
2. -umble: suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness.
3. => bumble, tumble, stumble, fumble.
4. bumble, stumble => fumble.
5. feel / find + bumble / stumble => fumble.
6. 由“瞎摸、亂摸”引申為“失球、漏球、犯錯誤”。
7. fume 濃煙中摸索，因為啥也看不見。=> fume => fum- + -ble => fumble.
2. -umble: suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness.
3. => bumble, tumble, stumble, fumble.
4. bumble, stumble => fumble.
5. feel / find + bumble / stumble => fumble.
6. 由“瞎摸、亂摸”引申為“失球、漏球、犯錯誤”。
7. fume 濃煙中摸索，因為啥也看不見。=> fume => fum- + -ble => fumble.
中文詞源
fumble 笨拙的做
擬聲詞，模仿笨拙的聲音。比較bumble, stumble.
英文詞源
- fumble (v.)
- mid-15c., "handle clumsily," possibly from Old Norse falma "to fumble, grope." Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic (Swedish fumla; Dutch fommelen) suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness (compare bumble, stumble, and obsolete English famble, fimble of roughly the same meaning). Intransitive sense "do or seek awkwardly" is from 1530s. Sense in football is from 1889. Related: Fumbled; fumbling.
- fumble (n.)
- 1640s, from fumble (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.
- 由于尷尬不安,他拿鑰匙開鎖時顯得笨手笨腳.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The fumble allowed the other team to make a goal.
- 處理不當(dāng)使另外一隊進了一球.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Before he could even fumble at his belt , she pulled the trigger.
- 那人正要伸手到槍袋里,這邊已經(jīng)扳動槍機了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. She heard him fumble in the dark, strike a match and the room sprang into light.
- 她聽見他在黑暗中摸索, 劃一根火柴,房里便猛地亮了.
來自飄（部分）
- 5. You fumble to find your passport when you cross a frontier.
- 當(dāng)你出境時,要摸索著尋找護照.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)