grope
- IPA[ɡrəʊp]
英式
- search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands；move along uncertainly by feeling objects as one goes
- an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure
verb: grope, 3rd person present: gropes, gerund or present participle: groping, past tense: groped, past participle: groped
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. search blindly or uncertainly by feeling with the hands she groped for her spectacles 同義詞
- ▪ move along uncertainly by feeling objects as one goes she blew out the candle and groped her way to the door
- ▪ search uncertainly for (a word or answer) in one's mind she was groping for the words which would express what she thought
- 2. informal fondle (someone) for sexual pleasure roughly or clumsily, or without the person's consent I don't want strangers groping me they groped each other wildly in the taxi 同義詞
名詞
- 1. informal an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure she and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ɡrōp]
美式
- feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands: she got up and groped for her spectacles
- an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure: she and Steve sneaked off for a quick grope
Oxford American Dictionary
