英 [ˈɡrəʊpɪŋ] 美 [ˈɡroʊpɪŋ]
v. 摸索（grope 的现在分词）
复数gropings
grope /ɡrəʊp/ CET6 TEM4 [ groping groped gropes ]
不及物动词 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.
他用左手摸索到门把手，转动把手，把门拉开。
及物动词 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.
我没有开灯，而是摸索着穿过房间。
不及物动词 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. 寻找
He groped for solutions to his problems.
他寻找问题的解决办法。
acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
a groping effort to understand
同义词： hesitant
摸索
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暗中摸索的(groping), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
I've been groping in the dark in a number of years.
多年来，我一直在黑暗中摸索。
Groping with his hands in the dark along the wall, the blind man finds his way to the door.
那位盲人沿墙用手暗中摸索着，找到了通向门的路。
Instantly Tom answered it, and leading Becky by the hand, started groping down the corridor in its direction.
汤姆立刻回应，拉着贝基的手，在通道里朝声音传来的方向摸索着。
For background on the original defeat of the anti-groping bill, read Kashmir Hill.
He could sense her groping the air as she tried to give him a kiss.
Yet my left-leaning friends are groping for the answer to a very interesting question: Why now?