Grope

(noun.) the act of groping; and instance of groping.

(verb.) fondle for sexual pleasure; 'He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly'.

(verb.) feel about uncertainly or blindly; 'She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom'.

(verb.) search blindly or uncertainly; 'His mind groped to make the connection'.

巴罗录入

• He saw a hand come forth and grope about a little. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He added tentatively, after pausing to grope for a cigarette: Miss Bart's an old friend of yours, I believe? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I could grope my way upstairs, and I know his chamber. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No,' said Fledgeby, 'you may toddle now, Judah, and grope about on the orders you have got. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At any rate, it shall be strong enough to search--inquire--to grope an outlet from this cloud of doubt, and find the open day of certainty. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He groped his way up, he entered the garret, he found Evadne stretched speechless, almost lifeless on her wretched bed. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Then he gave a short laugh, and drew out a gold cigarette-case, in which, with plump jewelled fingers, he groped for a gold-tipped cigarette. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Up he got, groped his way to the piano, laid a kind hand on either of the broad shoulders, and said, as gently as a woman, I know, my boy, I know. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Then he groped in the darkness of the carriage for the little bell that signalled orders to the coachman. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And his shadow on the border of the pond, was watching for a few moments, then he stooped and groped on the ground. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He groped; I arrested his wandering hand, and prisoned it in both mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• We, being men, took a dark lantern that was standing on Brittle's hob, and groped our way downstairs in the pitch dark,--as it might be so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I'm glad you think it good sport, brother, she continued, groping wildly through this amazement. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His faculties seemed tranced, and he was still groping for the word to break the spell. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He stared at her, groping in a blackness through which a single arrow of light tore its blinding way. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Now, in groping my way down the black staircase I fell over something, and that something was a man crouching in a corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Mr. Franklin replied that a course of medicine, and a course of groping in the dark, meant, in his estimation, one and the same thing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It's as dark as the grave,' said the man, groping forward a few steps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• So saying, he unlocks his door, gropes his way into his murky rooms, lights his candles, and looks about him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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