grope
- vi. 摸索;探索
- vt. 摸索
- n. 摸索;觸摸
- n. (Grope)人名;(德)格羅佩
詞態(tài)變化
助記提示
2. g- (瓜[gua]的首字母) + rope (繩、線 => 藤) => 順藤摸瓜(地去摸索、探索),是不是很形象啊?
3. 繩子前的哥哥在摸索,順著繩子去摸索嘛!
4. originally "lay hold of, seize, touch, attain".
5. grope <===>gripe, grip.
中文詞源
詞源同grab, grip. 由抓住引申詞義摸索,探索。
英文詞源
- grope
- grope: see grip
- grope (v.)
- late Old English grapian "to feel about (as one blind or in darkness)," also "take hold of, seize, touch, attain," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe (v.)). Transitive sense "search out by sense of touch alone" was in late Old English. Figurative sense is from early 14c. Indecent sense "touch (someone) amorously, play with, fondle" (marked as "obsolete" in OED 2nd edition) is from c. 1200. Related: Groped; groping.
- grope (n.)
- c. 1500, "act of groping," from grope (v.). Old English had grap "a grasp."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.
- 他會(huì)試圖摸她的胸部,還把手從她的裙子上向上移。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.
- 她甚至吹噓曾和一個(gè)13歲的男孩在衣櫥里有過(guò)肌膚之親。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The great Greek grope growers grow great Greek grapes.
- 這個(gè)偉大的希臘葡萄種植者種植了偉大的希臘葡萄.
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- 4. I grope for the light switch in the dark room.
- 我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索著尋找電燈開(kāi)關(guān).
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- 5. Provide specialist technical support to the Aluminum Grope, customers and contract manufacturers.
- 對(duì)集團(tuán)的項(xiàng)目提供專業(yè)技術(shù)支持, 對(duì)用戶和制造廠商提供專業(yè)技術(shù)支持.
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