" Tactless! " she muttered, groping in her robes for a handkerchief.

“缺心眼！”她嘟囔着，在长袍里摸索着寻找手帕。

I had no reply to this. Obviously we were just groping blindly.

听了他这话，我没法回答。很明显，我们确目地行动着。

He felt that he was still groping in the dark.

他感到自己仍在黑暗中摸索。

" With Umbridge groping around in the fires and frisking all the owls? "

“就在乌姆里奇在炉火里处搜索，对所有的猫头鹰进行搜身的时候？”

By the light of the corridor-lamp I saw my sister appear at the opening, her face blanched with terror, her hands groping for help, her whole figure swaying to and fro like that of a drunkard.

借着过道的灯光，我看见我姐姐出现在房门口，她的脸由于恐惧而雪白如纸，双手摸索着寻求援救，整个身体就象醉汉一样摇摇晃晃。

Because men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland.

因为人们在北极的黑暗中搜寻，一种黄色的金属被发现，加上轮船公司和运公司推波助澜，结果便有成千上万的人拥向北方。

Ironically, just as Whittaker's five-kingdom classification was beginning to find its way into textbooks, a retiring academic at the University of Illinois was groping his way toward a discovery that would challenge everything.

具有讽刺意味的，正当魏泰克的五界分类法开被写进教材的时候，伊利诺伊大学一位脚踏地的学者即将完成一个发现。这项发现将向一切提出挑战。

Feet from the ground, Harry lifted his right hand from his broom, stretching towards the Snitch . . . to his right, Malfoy's arm extended too, was reaching, groping . . .

离地几英尺时，哈利右手放开扫帚把，仲向飞贼。在他右边，马尔福的手臂也伸了出去，抓够着。

He didn't like this at all and began groping wildly in every direction; he even shouted out, " Lucy! Lu! Where are you? I know you're here."

他一点也不喜欢这种情况，就开八方乱摸一气，甚至还大声叫唤：“露茜！露！你在哪儿？我知道你在这儿。”

" Old Thunder! " said Ahab, groping his way along the bulwarks to his pivot-hole; but suddenly finding his path made plain to him by elbowed lances of fire.

“老雷公！”亚哈说，沿着舷墙摸索着，要走到他插假腿的旋孔那里，可，突然亮起的肘弯状的火光，正好让他把路看得一清二楚。

A hand had appeared amongst the flames, groping as though to catch hold of something; a stubby, short-fingered hand covered in ugly old-fashioned rings.

火里出现了一只手，摸索着像要抓住什么东西，一只五指短粗的手，戴满难看的老式戒指。

I heard a stray goose groping about over the pond and cackling as if lost, or like the spirit of the fog.

我听到一只失群的大雁在湖上摸索着前行，嘎嘎而鸣，似遭遗弃，宛若浓雾的精灵。

No mystery beyond the present; no striving for the impossible; no shadow behind the charm; no groping in the depth of the dark.

没有超越现的神秘；没有对不可能的事物的强求；没有藏在魅力背后的阴影；也没有在黑暗深处的摸索。

" Gold! " laughed Bellatrix, still attempting to throw off her brother-in-law, her free hand groping in her pocket for her wand.

“金币！”贝拉特里克斯大笑起来，仍然试着甩开她的姊夫，她另一只自由的手在袋中摸索着魔杖。

He, Ron and Hermione retreated down the side street, groping their way along the wall trying not to make a sound.

他，罗恩和赫敏贴着墙，沿着巷子向后退，努力不发出声响。

I got up several times. The Nautilus continued groping.

希望和恐惧轮流地在我心中转来转去。我起来好几次。诺第留斯号探索性的上升仍然继续进行。

He said maybe he told bad jokes sometimes, but he categorically denied any groping or harassment.

他表示，也许他有时会讲糟糕的笑话，但他断然否认有过任何猥亵或骚扰行为。

" Gold! " laughed Bellatrix, still attempting to throw off her brother-in-law, her free hand groping in her pocket for her wand. " Take your gold, filthy scavenger, what do I want with gold? "

金币！" 贝拉特里克斯大笑起来，仍然试着甩开她的姊夫，她另一只自由 的手在袋中摸索着魔杖。" 拿走你的金币，污秽的清道夫。我要金币有什么用？

Feet from the ground, Harry lifted his right hand from his broom, stretching towards the Snitch...to his right, Malfoy's arm extended too, reaching, groping...

离地几英尺时，哈利右手放开扫帚把，仲向飞贼。在他右边，马尔福的手臂也伸了出去，抓够着。

He felt that he was still groping in the dark; he had chosen his path but kept looking back, wondering whether he had misread the signs, whether he should not have taken the other way.

他觉得自己仍旧在黑暗中摸索；他选择了他的路但仍在回忆过去，他不知道自己否误解了那个信号，否不应该另想办法。