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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.feel; touch
让我摸摸。
Let me have a feel.
炉子烫手,不能摸。
The stove is too hot to touch.
我摸了摸他的脸。
I felt his face.
- 2
v.try to find out; feel out
我们要摸清敌情。
We plan to find out about the enemy's situation.
摸底
know the real situation
摸出门道
find out methods
- 3
v.walk on a road one is unfamiliar with; go in the dark
战士们在森林里摸了很久。
The soldiers groped about in the forest for long.
他们半夜摸进了山沟。
The groped into the village at midnight.
他们在房子周围摸了很久。
They groped around the house for a long time.
- 4
v.grope for; fish for
在手袋中摸钢笔
fumble in one's handbag for a pen
在工具箱里摸螺丝钉
feel for screws in a tool box
他用手在墙上摸到了开关。
After groping the wall, he found the switch.
Words and phrases with 摸
- 摸清[word]feel out
- 摸底[word]try to know the real situation; sound/feel somebody out
- 摸黑儿[word]grope in the dark
- 摸棱两可[word]betwixt and between
- 摸彩[word]cast/draw lots
- 摸瞎[word]grope one's way in the dark
- 摸清底细[word]ascertain the actual situation
- 摸底细[word]sound out
- 摸营[word]attack an enemy encampment under cover of night
- 摸不着边[idiom]unable to touch the gate