英 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ] 美 [ˈfʌmblɪŋ]
adj. 笨拙的；支支吾吾的
n. 笨拙
v. 笨手笨脚地做（某事）；笨嘴拙舌地说话；支支吾吾地说；摸索（fumble 的现在分词）
fumble /ˈfʌmbəl/ CET6+ TEM8 [ fumbling fumbled fumbles ]
不及物动词 If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try to reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. 笨拙地去够; 笨拙地把持
She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown.
她悄悄爬下床，笨拙地去够她的睡袍。
不及物动词 When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way. 笨拙支吾地找 (恰当的词)
I fumbled for something to say.
我苯嘴拙舌找话讲。
showing lack of skill or aptitude
his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
同义词： bungling / clumsy / incompetent
失球，漏球，漏接
失(球)，漏(球)，漏接：
失球，漏接
When she came within a score of feet of the desired goal, she observed a young gentleman in a grey clerk suit, fumbling his watch-chain and looking out.
当她离目标还有二十英尺远的时候，她看到一个穿着灰色职员服的年轻绅士在摸索着表链，向外望着。
Peter drove jerkily, cornering too fast and fumbling the gears.
彼得开车很不平稳，转弯太快，换档也不熟练。
She was fumbling around in the dark looking for the light switch.
她摸黑找电灯开关。
This interracial teen romance set in Detroit makes a fumbling plea for integration and tolerance.
Those estimates come while the oil is still flowing, with BP still fumbling for a plug.
If you can't diagnose the illness, there is no point in fumbling around for the cure.