grope
v
1 [Ipr, Ip] ~ (about) (for/after sth) feel or search about (for sth) as one does in the dark 摸索; 探索
grope about in the dark 在黑暗中摸索
grope for the door-handle, light-switch, etc 摸索著找门把手、 电灯开关等
(fig 比喻) a tricky question which left him groping for an answer 迫使他搜寻答案的棘手问题
scientists groping blindly after the secrets of the atom 茫然探索原子奥秘的科学家们.
2 [I, Tn] (infml derog 口, 贬) (attempt to) touch or fondle (sb) sexually (企图)猥亵(某人).
3 (phr v) grope (one's way) across, along, past, etc (sth) make one's way in the stated direction by feeling or searching 摸索著向某方向走
grope one`s way along a darkened corridor 在黑暗的走廊里摸索著走.
Use this treatment twice a day for a week. And another thing, at the end of the week, throw the frozen peas away. They won't be fit to eat.
一天治疗两次,一周为一个疗程。还有,一周以后要把冻豌豆扔掉。它们不能吃。
The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
安装供气管的那位工人也被提问。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.