fumble
英 ['fʌmb(ə)l]
美 ['fʌmbl]
- vt. 摸索；笨拙地做；漏接
- vi. 摸索；笨拙地行动；漏球
- n. 摸索；笨拙的处理；漏球
助记提示
音：翻吧、翻笨(吧需要些口音)
2. -umble: suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness.
3. => bumble, tumble, stumble, fumble.
4. bumble, stumble => fumble.
5. feel / find + bumble / stumble => fumble.
6. 由“瞎摸、乱摸”引申为“失球、漏球、犯错误”。
7. fume 浓烟中摸索，因为啥也看不见。=> fume => fum- + -ble => fumble.
中文词源
fumble 笨拙的做拟声词，模仿笨拙的声音。比较bumble, stumble.
英文词源
- fumble (v.)
- mid-15c., "handle clumsily," possibly from Old Norse falma "to fumble, grope." Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic (Swedish fumla; Dutch fommelen) suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness (compare bumble, stumble, and obsolete English famble, fimble of roughly the same meaning). Intransitive sense "do or seek awkwardly" is from 1530s. Sense in football is from 1889. Related: Fumbled; fumbling.
- fumble (n.)
- 1640s, from fumble (v.).
双语例句
- 1. His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.
- 由于尴尬不安,他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The fumble allowed the other team to make a goal.
- 处理不当使另外一队进了一球.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Before he could even fumble at his belt , she pulled the trigger.
- 那人正要伸手到枪袋里,这边已经扳动枪机了.
来自辞典例句
- 4. She heard him fumble in the dark, strike a match and the room sprang into light.
- 她听见他在黑暗中摸索, 划一根火柴,房里便猛地亮了.
来自飘（部分）
- 5. You fumble to find your passport when you cross a frontier.
- 当你出境时,要摸索着寻找护照.
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