1 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. 乱摸;摸索;笨拙地处理 [Also V + in]
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She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown. [V + for/with]
她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来，摸索着自己的晨衣。
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He fumbled with the buttons at the neck. [V for/with/in n]
他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
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He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette. [VERB noun]
他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
SYN grope, flounder, paw [informal] , scrabble
2 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. 笨嘴拙舌地说话;结结巴巴地说话 [Also VERB]
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I fumbled for something to say. [VERB + for]
我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
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He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say. [VERB noun]
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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