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Trong đêm tối, anh ấy quờ tay tìm công tắc đèn.

Definition

Verb: - To grope, to fumble: To move one's hands awkwardly or uncertainly in an attempt to find or grasp something, typically in conditions of low visibility or without looking. - To feel around: To search by touch in a clumsy or uncoordinated manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đêm tối quờ bao diêm. (To grope for a box of matches in the dark.)
  • Cô ấy quờ tay tìm công tắc đèn. (She fumbled with her hand to find the light switch.)
  • Ông cụ quờ cây gậy trên sàn. (The old man groped for his cane on the floor.)

Advanced Usage

• The action often implies a lack of precision or control, stemming from darkness, blindness, haste, or disorientation.
• It can be used metaphorically to describe uncertain or aimless searching in non-physical contexts, though this is less common.
  • Anh ấy quờ tìm câu trả lời trong trí nhớ. (He groped for an answer in his memory.)

Variants and Related Words

• Quờ quạng (v): To grope or fumble about; a more emphatic or repetitive form suggesting clumsy, sweeping movements.
  • Đi quờ quạng trong phòng tối. (To walk groping clumsily in a dark room.)

Synonyms

• Grope: To feel about or search blindly or uncertainly.
• Fumble: To use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.
• Feel around: To search by touch.

Related Idioms

• Quờ đâu được đấy: To grab whatever one can get; to act in a haphazard, undiscriminating manner. This idiom extends the core meaning to figurative, often desperate, acquisition.
  • Lúc hoảng loạn, nó chỉ biết quờ đâu được đấy. (In a panic, he just grabbed whatever he could get.)

Học thuật

1. Feel, grope for
   • Đêm tối quờ bao diêm
     To grope for box of matches in the dark