grope
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it. 摸索
With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open. 他用左手摸索到門把手，轉動把手，把門拉開。
2. V-T 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. 摸索而行
I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room. 我沒有開燈，而是摸索著穿過房間。
3. V-I 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. 尋找
He groped for solutions to his problems. 他尋找問題的解決辦法。
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grope /ɡrəʊp/ (groping,groped,gropes)
剑桥词典
- [ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to feel with your hands , especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily
摸索；（尤指）摸尋，探尋，摸索著前進
She groped for her glasses on the bedside table . 她在牀頭櫃上摸索著找眼鏡。
I had to grope my way up the dark stairs . 我不得不在黑漆漆的樓道裡摸索著上樓。
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ] informal
to touch someone's body in order to get sexual pleasure , usually when the person does not like it
摸（某人）；（通常指）猥褻
He groped me as I was going to the bar . 我走曏吧台時，他暗中摸了我一把。