fumbles

英 [ˈfʌmblz] 美 [ˈfʌmblz]

v.  笨手笨脚地做(某事); 胡乱摸找(某物); 笨嘴拙舌地说话; 支支吾吾地说; 失球; 接球失误; 漏接
n.  笨拙的手部动作; 乱摸; (美式足球)失球,接球失误,漏接
fumble的第三人称单数和复数



柯林斯词典

  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.
    1. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown...
      她从床上蹑手蹑脚地爬起来,摸索着自己的晨衣。
    2. He fumbled with the buttons at the neck...
      他笨手笨脚地系着领口的纽扣。
    3. He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette.
      他笨拙地想用一只手点燃香烟。
  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.
    1. I fumbled for something to say...
      我磕磕巴巴地想说点儿什么。
    2. He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say.
      他因为不知道接下来要说什么而把台词给念砸了。

双语例句

  1. So even with its fumbles and failed ventures, the company remains relevant in the technology world as well as in the investment world, paying out a fat 3% dividend yield to shareholders.
    因此,就算犯些错,投资失利,微软还是照样能称雄技术界和投资界,还能付给投资者高达3%的股票红利。
  2. These days, though, the company is known more for its misses, fumbles, and stumbles than its hits and big scores.
    现如今,微软更为人知的是其种种失误,而非成功的举措和了不起的成绩。
  3. Every company fumbles sometimes ( just ask Apple).
    因为每家公司都有马失前蹄的时候(这事问问苹果就知道了)。
  4. The_I_in the eyes howls, seeks, fumbles, and gnaws.
    没有眼睛的我在吼着,寻着,摸着,啃着。
  5. While GM opted for something approaching full disclosure of its missteps, publishing an report into company-wide fumbles, Japanese airbag maker Tanaka chose to stonewall. It left any remedies up to its beleaguered customers, notably Honda and Toyota.
    这家汽车制造商选择勇敢曝光自己的失误,并公开发布了一份自查报告。而日本气囊生产商高田公司却对气囊门三缄其口,转而把补救措施留给其深陷困境的客户本田和丰田来实施。
  6. Such early fumbles toward brand sophistication are remarkable in a group treated with almost universal condescension by city dwellers only a decade ago.
    这些朦胧的品牌意识令人瞩目,因为这个群体仅10年前还几乎普遍被城市居民瞧不起。
  7. The fourth fumbles opportunity.
    第四种人错过机会。
  8. Troopers hustle the hapless duty guard to Norton's door as he fumbles nervously with a huge key ring.
    州警把倒霉的值班警卫推到门前,他发抖着摸出一大串钥匙。
  9. He fumbles for his thought as though his hand were groping for a fish in the water.
    他一时抓不住自己的想法,好象把手伸到水里,却摸不到鱼一样。
  10. Many fumbles in football matches, however, originate from the defensive negligence at the turn of offensive and defense.
    比赛中很多失球都是在由攻转防的瞬间出现防守疏漏造成的。