groped

英 [ɡrəʊpt]

美 [ɡroʊpt]

v. 摸索; 搜索; 搜寻; 探寻; (用手)摸索着往前走; 猥亵; 摸(某人)
grope的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

VERB 摸索；探寻
If yougrope forsomething that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it.
1. 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。
2. 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 yougropeyourwayto a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything.
1. 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 yougrope forsomething, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be.
1. 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。
2. 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 persongropesanother, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way.
1. 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。
2. Gropeis also a noun.
3. She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.
  她甚至吹嘘曾和一个13岁的男孩在衣橱里有过肌肤之亲。

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。
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。
We groped our way along the dark corridor.
我们在黑暗的走廊上摸索着前进。
He held both these arms with one hand, and groped along the wall with the other.
他用一只手抓住这双手臂，另一只手摸索着墙。
I groped for the timetable I had in my pocket.
我在摸口袋里的那张时间表。
He snatched up the receiver and his free hand groped for the switch on the bedside lamp
他一只手抓起电话听筒，另一只手去摸床头灯的开关。
His mind groped to make the connection.
他在摸索着建立联系。
He groped for the stick shift and clutch.
他摸索到了变速杆，一把抓住它。
I groped in my pocket for the key.
我在囗袋中搜寻钥匙。
I groped my way to a seat in the dark cinema.
我在黑暗的电影院里摸索着找一个座位。