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fumbling

/fuhm-buhl/US // ˈfʌm bəl //UK // (ˈfʌmbəl) //

摸索,摸不着头脑,摸索着,跌跌撞撞

Related Words

screw up搞砸了,弄砸了,搞砸,捣乱flub忽悠,忽悠人,失误,失败stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄mishandle处理不当,错误处理,误操作,误伤botch敷衍了事,敷衍塞责,敷衍,敷衍了事的人goof笨蛋,傻瓜,傻子,愚蠢fluff绒毛,绒布,蓬松,绒毛的err错,误差,错了,谬误flounder鲽鱼,漫天飞舞,漫天飞舞的鱼群,漫无目的的游荡mismanage管理不善,搞砸了,搞乱,弄错了feel感觉,觉得,感受,感到grapple扭打,抓斗,扭伤,扭转spoil破坏,糟蹋,弄坏,弄坏了grope摸索,摸摸看,摸头,摸黑bungle一团糟,胡闹,搞乱了,搞乱bollix螺栓,螺栓连接,螺栓连接的scrabble拼字,拼字游戏,拼写,拼字法louse up弄脏了,弄脏,弄脏了的,污辱misfield误区,错位,误码率,误导

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fum·bled, fum·bling.

    • : to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
    • : Sports. to fumble the ball.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fum·bled, fum·bling.

    • : to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently: to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room.
    • : Sports. to fail to hold or maintain hold on after having touched it or carried it.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of fumbling: We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.
    • : Sports. an act or instance of fumbling the ball.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbumble, mess up
Synonyms
botch敷衍了事,敷衍塞责,敷衍,敷衍了事的人flub忽悠,忽悠人,失误,失败mishandle处理不当,错误处理,误操作,误伤screw up搞砸了,弄砸了,搞砸,捣乱stumble趔趄,绊倒,跌跌撞撞,踉跄bollix螺栓,螺栓连接,螺栓连接的bungle一团糟,胡闹,搞乱了,搞乱err错,误差,错了,谬误feel感觉,觉得,感受,感到flounder鲽鱼,漫天飞舞,漫天飞舞的鱼群,漫无目的的游荡fluff绒毛,绒布,蓬松,绒毛的goof笨蛋,傻瓜,傻子,愚蠢grapple扭打,抓斗,扭伤,扭转grope摸索,摸摸看,摸头,摸黑mismanage管理不善,搞砸了,搞乱,弄错了scrabble拼字,拼字游戏,拼写,拼字法spoil破坏,糟蹋,弄坏,弄坏了lose the handle丢把子,弄丢了,丢把子了,丢了手柄louse up弄脏了,弄脏,弄脏了的,污辱misfield误区,错位,误码率,误导

Examples

  • Officials originally ruled the play a turnover on a fumble lost by Drake.

  • The Buccaneers generated a turnover to begin the second half, knocking the football from Drew Brees’s hand in the pocket before his arm started forward for a fumble.

  • The Ravens’ other touchdown came on a pivotal, 65-yard fumble return by the Ravens’ Chuck Clark, after Indianapolis had scored first while Baltimore’s offense struggled out of the gate against the Colts’ second-ranked defense.

  • Washington quarterback Kyle Allen passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns against the Giants in Week 6, but he also committed a pair of turnovers, including a fumble that was returned for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.

  • Recovering fumbles isn’t a skill, but some teams, such as the Dallas Cowboys, have lost out on almost eight points per game after accounting for when and where the fumble takes place.

  • Huckabee framed the situation this way: “We are fumbling on multiple fronts.”

  • Season one of OITNB chronicled her clumsy, fumbling attempts to get her legs under her so she could run for safety.

  • By fumbling that final big decision, Ferguson may have tarnished his legacy forever.

  • But on the IRS story, there was systematic "fumbling" in the West Wing.

  • Fumbling over the words, he shouts, “This goddammed stutter!”

  • And just as I came up I saw Mrs. Maloney, marvellously attired, fumbling with a lantern.

  • She had opened the drawer of her deskthe top right-hand drawerand was fumbling in it.

  • But the step that would raise one above all the little fumbling, blind-spawning, life hugging bipeds who infested the scene.

  • "Door left unlocked—the ignorant hound—Good thing I don't trust him too far—" Some one came fumbling in and switched on the light.

  • The other man was fumbling the side curtains, swearing under his breath when his fingers bungled the fastenings.

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