grope
英 [grəʊp]
美[ɡrop]
- vi. 摸索；探索
- vt. 摸索
- n. 摸索；触摸
- n. (Grope)人名；(德)格罗佩
词态变化
第三人称单数: gropes;过去式: groped;过去分词: groped;现在分词: groping;
助记提示
1. grape ===> grope.
2. g- (瓜[gua]的首字母) + rope (绳、线 => 藤) => 顺藤摸瓜(地去摸索、探索)，是不是很形象啊？
3. 绳子前的哥哥在摸索，顺着绳子去摸索嘛！
4. originally "lay hold of, seize, touch, attain".
5. grope <===>gripe, grip.
2. g- (瓜[gua]的首字母) + rope (绳、线 => 藤) => 顺藤摸瓜(地去摸索、探索)，是不是很形象啊？
3. 绳子前的哥哥在摸索，顺着绳子去摸索嘛！
4. originally "lay hold of, seize, touch, attain".
5. grope <===>gripe, grip.
中文词源
grope 摸索
词源同grab, grip. 由抓住引申词义摸索，探索。
英文词源
- grope
- grope: see grip
- grope (v.)
- late Old English grapian "to feel about (as one blind or in darkness)," also "take hold of, seize, touch, attain," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe (v.)). Transitive sense "search out by sense of touch alone" was in late Old English. Figurative sense is from early 14c. Indecent sense "touch (someone) amorously, play with, fondle" (marked as "obsolete" in OED 2nd edition) is from c. 1200. Related: Groped; groping.
- grope (n.)
- c. 1500, "act of groping," from grope (v.). Old English had grap "a grasp."
双语例句
- 1. He would try to grope her breasts and put his hand up her skirt.
- 他会试图摸她的胸部，还把手从她的裙子上向上移。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She even boasted of having a grope in a cupboard with a 13-year-old.
- 她甚至吹嘘曾和一个13岁的男孩在衣橱里有过肌肤之亲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The great Greek grope growers grow great Greek grapes.
- 这个伟大的希腊葡萄种植者种植了伟大的希腊葡萄.
来自互联网
- 4. I grope for the light switch in the dark room.
- 我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索著寻找电灯开关.
来自互联网
- 5. Provide specialist technical support to the Aluminum Grope, customers and contract manufacturers.
- 对集团的项目提供专业技术支持, 对用户和制造厂商提供专业技术支持.
来自互联网
