2VERB 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. 摸索着走
I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
我没有开灯,而是一路摸黑走过房间。
3VERB 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. 探索;努力寻求 [Also V + towards]
He groped for solutions to the problems facing the country. [VERBfor noun]
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. [VERB + for]
她想找个简单的词来表达简单的想法。
groping
They continue their groping towards a constitutional settlement.
他们继续寻求合乎宪法规定的解决方案。
4VERB 抚摸;猥亵 If one person gropes another, they touch or take hold of them in a rough, sexual way. 抚摸;猥亵 [informal, disapproval]
He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt. [VERB noun]
ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤blindly漫無目標地摸索▸➤about, around, round (especially BrE) 到處摸索PREPOSITION➤for摸索着找⋯◇She groped blindly for the door handle.她瞎摸着找門把手。PHRASES➤grope your way摸索而行◇I groped my way across the pitch-black stage.我在黑漆漆的舞台上摸索着前行。