查询词典 fumbled

They moved awkwardly in the dark, trying to find their way out of the cinema.

fumbled 他们在黑暗中摸索着寻找走出电影院的路。

Thinking back to that winter's night of 60 years ago, it is not just that hurtling mass of steam and metal that comes to mind but what went before and came after: the fumbled lock, the pause at the stile to catch breath, the broken bootlace, all the circumstances leading up to that fatal conjunction of metal and flesh; and then the ripples spreading outward, the woman Eric didn't marry, the children he didn't have, the house where someone else is living.

回忆六十年前的冬季里的夜晚，脑海里出现的不光是一团飞驰而过的蒸汽和金属，而是在那之前和之后的场景：锁。。。。鞋带，，。；然后是事情发展的涟漪--埃里克没娶到妻子，埃里克没生的孩子，还有别人正在住的房子。

He reached behind his back with both hands and fumbled a bowknot .

他向后伸着两手在背后打了一个活结。

He fumbled with the door at the bottom. The latch opened with a loud clack.

他在底下摸到了门，随着咔嗒一声巨响门闩被打开了。

Widow Jensen opened the door and let us in. She had a blanket wrapped around her shoulders. The children were wrapped in another and were sitting in front of the fireplace by a very small fire that hardly gave off any heat at all. Widow Jensen fumbled with a match and finally lit the lamp."We brought you a few things, Ma'am," Pa said and set down the sack of flour. I put the meat on the table. Then Pa handed her the sack that had the shoes in it.

寡妇詹森开门让我们进来她用毯子裹着自己的双肩孩子们则裹着另一条毯子，围坐在壁炉前，里面的火苗已经小得没什么热气了寡妇詹森最终摸索到一根火柴点着了灯"夫人，我们给您带了些东西，"爸爸边说，边放下那袋面粉我把肉放在桌上然后爸爸亲手把装着鞋的袋子递给她

My gnarled fingers fumbled as I tried to spring the latch.

当我试着跳门闩的时候，我的节手指摸索。

He fumbled in his pocket, and pulled out a gourd with which he had provided himself.

他从衣袋里摸出一个葫芦瓶，那是他早准备好的。

Economic planners fumbled ineffectually with agricultural and industrial programs.

经济计划制订人徒劳无益地在摸索农业和工业规划。

His sense of smell, like his hearing, seemed to have grown more acute in the blind, black night, and as he fumbled his way ever downward the scents of this midnight world washed over him—damp, loamy earth, nearly as rich as bread dough, and the bland but harsh fragrance of rocks.

他的嗅觉，也如同他的听觉一样，似乎在这漆黑之中，变得更加灵敏了，他摸索着继续向下走的时候，午夜的气息笼罩在他的四周——这是潮湿的、肥沃的土地的气息，几乎就同面包团一样的珍贵，还有淡淡的粗糙的岩石的气息。

I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the pictures of my family.

我拿出了皮夹，手忙脚乱地翻出了我的全家福照片。

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失