fumble

• She fumbled her purse which contained the address slip .
  她摸索着荷包，里面装着那张写地址的纸片。
• Godliman lit a cigarette, fumbling for inspiration .
  戈德利曼点燃一支香烟，动起脑筋，思索锦囊妙计。
• He reached behind his back with both hands and fumbled a bowknot .
  他向后伸着两手在背后打了一个活结。
• Don't fumble with it .
  别毛手毛脚。
• I groped into the dark room and fumbled for the bed .
  我摸索着走进那间黑乎乎的屋子里，笨手笨脚地摸着床。
• Before he could even fumble at his belt, she pulled the trigger .
  那人正要伸手到枪袋里，这边已经扳动扳机了。
• Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along .
  在海滩钻石般闪烁的烟霭中某种黑乎乎的东西正在摸索前来。
• Economic planners fumbled ineffectually with agricultural and industrial programs .
  经济计划制订人徒劳无益地在摸索农业和工业规划。
• He fumbles for his thought as though his hand were groping for a fish in the water .
  他一时抓不住自己的想法，好象把手伸到水里，却摸不到鱼一样。
• He hesitated, fumbled for the right words, then with a new immediacy in his voice, blurted out .
  他迟疑了一下，搜寻着贴切的词句，跟着，以急迫的声音突然说起话来。