grope
grope
英[ɡrəʊp]美[ɡroʊp]
vi.触摸，试探着前进，探索，摸索；
vt.摸索（路），<俚>抚摸身体；
n.摸索，探索；
第三人称单数：gropes;
过去式：groped;
过去分词：groped;
现在分词：groping;
例句
I grope for the light switch in the dark room.我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索著寻找电灯开关.
The great Greek grope growers grow great Greek grapes.这个伟大的希腊葡萄种植者种植了伟大的希腊葡萄.
He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.他会试图摸她的胸部，还把手从她的裙子上向上移。
英语六级真题
It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
摸索；探寻
If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it.
例句
With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open...他左手摸索着门把手，转动一下，然后推开门。Bunbury groped in his breast pocket for his wallet.邦伯里手伸进前胸口袋里摸索钱包。VERB
摸索着走
If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything.
例句
I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room.我没有开灯，而是一路摸黑走过房间。VERB
探索；努力寻求
If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be.
例句
He groped for solutions to the problems facing the country...他在探求国家所面临问题的解决办法。She groped for a simple word to express a simple idea.她想找个简单的词来表达简单的想法。VERB
抚摸；猥亵
If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way.
例句
He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.他会试图摸她的胸部，还把手从她的裙子上向上移。英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
暗中摸, 摸索
He groped his way in the dark.他在黑暗中摸索着走。vi.
探索, 搜寻
She groped for the right word.她搜寻恰当的字眼儿。英英词典释义
Noun
1. the act of groping; and instance of groping
Verb
1. feel about uncertainly or blindly;
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"2. search blindly or uncertainly;
"His mind groped to make the connection"3. fondle for sexual pleasure;
"He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"
