grope

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡɹəʊp/    美 /ɡɹoʊp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of groping, especially sexually. informal
    — The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.
  2. An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel. obsolete
    — Gropes appear to be pieces of iron binding together the inner joint of the fitting, and grope-nails to have been used for fastening these to the wood.
动词 v.
  1. To feel with or use the hands; to handle. obsolete
  2. To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
    — a. 1812. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, sermon to grope about a little longer among the miseries and sensualities of a worldly life
  3. To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
    — The parents found the couple kissing and groping.
  4. To intentionally and inappropriately touch or rub against another person, in such a manner as to make the contact appear accidental, for the purpose of one's sexual gratification.
    — That old man groped that girl on the train!
  5. To examine; to test; to sound. obsolete
    — Felix gropeth him, thinking to have a bribe.

词形变化

gropes present,singular,third-person groping participle,present groped participle,past groped past gropes plural

词汇关系

近义词
glaum root feel up touch up
衍生词
agrope gropeable gropefest groper gropery gropingly gropy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gropien, from Old English grāpian, related to grīpan (whence English gripe); compare also grip.
词源 2
From Middle English gropien, from Old English grāpian, related to grīpan (whence English gripe); compare also grip.
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