grope
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you grope for something that you cannot see, you try to find it by moving your hands around in order to feel it. 摸索
With his left hand he groped for the knob, turned it, and pulled the door open. 他用左手摸索到门把手，转动把手，把门拉开。
2. V-T If you grope your way to a place, you move there, holding your hands in front of you and feeling the way because you cannot see anything. 摸索而行
I didn't turn on the light, but groped my way across the room. 我没有开灯，而是摸索着穿过房间。
3. V-I If you grope for something, for example the solution to a problem, you try to think of it, when you have no real idea what it could be. 寻找
He groped for solutions to his problems. 他寻找问题的解决办法。
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grope /ɡrəʊp/ (groping,groped,gropes)
剑桥词典
- [ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]
to feel with your hands , especially in order to find or move towards something when you cannot see easily
摸索；（尤指）摸寻，探寻，摸索着前进
She groped for her glasses on the bedside table . 她在床头柜上摸索着找眼镜。
I had to grope my way up the dark stairs . 我不得不在黑漆漆的楼道里摸索着上楼。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ] informal
to touch someone's body in order to get sexual pleasure , usually when the person does not like it
摸（某人）；（通常指）猥亵
He groped me as I was going to the bar . 我走向吧台时，他暗中摸了我一把。