grope about

基本解釋

Then he reached both hands to grope, and touched about ten bowl-big doornails. "It is really weird if some persons live here! "Duan Yu thought with a heart full of surprise and pleasure.
既有門環(huán)，必有大門，他雙手摸索，當即摸到十余枚碗大的門釘，心中驚喜交集：“這門里倘若住得有人，那可奇怪之極了。”
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When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight; cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
如果沒有電，人們需要借助微弱的燭光來摸索前行，路上的汽車由于沒有交通信號燈的指示將會遲疑不前，食物也會在沒有電的冰箱里腐爛。
When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
每當停電的時候，人們在搖曳的燭光下四處摸索；汽車在馬路上彷徨-因為沒有交通燈做導(dǎo)向；電冰箱不再“嗡嗡”，里面的食物也要變質(zhì)了。