grope

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++grope1 /ɡrəʊp $ ɡroʊp/ verb  1  [intransitive]TOUCH to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands 〔在黑暗中〕摸索grope for Ginny groped for her glasses on the bedside table. 金尼在床头柜上摸着找眼镜。grope around We groped around in the darkness. 我们在黑暗中摸索。2  TOUCH[intransitive, transitive] to go somewhere by feeling the way with your hands because you cannot see 〔因看不见而用手〕摸索着走grope your way along/across etc I was groping my way blindly through the trees. 我像瞎子似的在树丛中摸索着往前走。 Ally groped steadily towards the door. 艾丽摸索着稳步朝门口走去。3  grope for something to try hard to find the right words to say or the right solution to a problem but without any real idea of how to do this 努力寻找〔恰当的言辞或正确的解决办法〕 She hesitated, seeming to grope for words. 她犹豫了一下，像是在寻找恰当的词语。4. [transitive] informalSYTOUCH to move your hands over someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this 爱抚〔尤指当对方不愿意的时候〕→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

grope• I groped a few more feet into the bush.• She set Janir down in the garden where he groped around and tested the dirt with his mouth.• Then she groped at her shoulder to where the oxygen tank was moulded around her triceps.• He was merely groping for the road to freedom.• Mr. Kinnock I think the answer that the Prime Minister was groping for was yes.• Sometimes, but only very rarely do I touch a piece of bliss when I grope in the dark.• Fumbling and vague groping is encouraged.grope for• He looked tired, and occasionally groped for words at the news conference.grope your way along/across etc• She groped her way across and landed the doctor on the mud and he slithered on hands and knees up to the bank.grope2 noun [countable usually singular]  informalSY touching someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this 爱抚〔尤指当对方不愿意的时候〕

Examples from the Corpus

grope• But this was a dark place of gropes and whispers, of black silhouettes.• Berkoff portrays a lonely middle-aged woman who has had more than her fair share of gropes in corners and one-night stands.• Unable to see out the operator inside was responsible for a few unintentional gropes during rehearsals!Origin grope1 Old English grapian

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grope¹ /ɡrəʊp $ ɡroʊp/ verb1. [intransitive] to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands
    grope for
    Ginny groped for her glasses on the bedside table.
    grope around
    We groped around in the darkness.
2. [intransitive and transitive] to go somewhere by feeling the way with your hands because you cannot see
    grope your way along/across etc
    I was groping my way blindly through the trees.
    Ally groped steadily towards the door.
3. grope for something to try hard to find the right words to say or the right solution to a problem but without any real idea of how to do this:
    She hesitated, seeming to grope for words.
4. [transitive] informal to move your hands over someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ touch to put your fingers or hand onto someone or something for a very short time: Don’t touch the iron – it’s hot!
   ▪ feel to touch something with your fingers in order to find out about it: Feel how soft this material is. | I felt his forehead. It was cold.
   ▪ handle to touch something and pick it up and hold it in your hands: Children should always wash their hands before handling food. | The glass was very fragile, and she handled it with great care. | Please do not handle the merchandise.
   ▪ finger to touch or handle something with your fingers, especially while you are thinking of other things: She fingered the heavy necklace around her neck.
   ▪ rub to move your hand over a surface while pressing it: Bob rubbed his eyes and yawned.
   ▪ scratch to rub part of your body with your nails, often because it ITCHES: The dog kept scratching its ear. | Bob scratched his head thoughtfully.
   ▪ tickle to move your fingers lightly over someone’s body in order to make them laugh: The baby giggled as I tickled him.
   ▪ grope to touch someone’s body in a sexual way when they do not want to be touched: The officer was accused of groping several women in his platoon.

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grope² noun [countable usually singular]
informal touching someone’s body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this