To fondle someone is to touch them gently with your hands, moving your fingers over their body in a way that shows love or sexual desire. It is not a quick pat, and it is not a medical check. The touch is slow, and it is about feeling, not about helping.

To fondle someonefondle一個人 is to touch them gently with your hands是用手輕輕觸摸對方，moving your fingers over their body讓手指在對方身上游移，in a way that shows love or sexual desire帶著愛意或性慾的方式。It is not a quick pat它不是輕拍一下，and it is not a medical check也不是醫療檢查。The touch is slow這個觸摸是緩慢的，and it is about feeling, not about helping重點在於感覺，不是在幫忙。

Between lovers it can be tender. From a stranger, or when the other person does not want it, it sounds wrong and can be an attack.

Between lovers在情侶之間 it can be tender它可以是溫柔的。From a stranger如果是陌生人做的，or when the other person does not want it或是對方不想要，it sounds wrong and can be an attack聽起來就不對勁，甚至可能算是攻擊。

Though actually, English used to allow a warmer, more innocent use — a parent fondling a baby’s hair, or someone fondling a piece of cloth to feel how soft it is. That gentler use is fading, because the sexual reading is now so strong.

Though actually不過其實，English used to allow a warmer, more innocent use英文以前也有比較溫暖、比較無邪的用法——a parent fondling a baby's hair像父母撫弄嬰兒的頭髮，or someone fondling a piece of cloth to feel how soft it is或有人撫摸一塊布料感受它有多柔軟。That gentler use is fading這種比較溫和的用法正在消失，because the sexual reading is now so strong因為現在性方面的解讀太強烈了。

In careful speech today, people often choose stroke, caress, or hold instead, unless they clearly mean a sexual touch. The word is a little old-fashioned even in that sense; younger speakers may just say touch or feel up, which is ruder.

In careful speech today在今天比較謹慎的用語裡，people often choose stroke, caress, or hold instead人們常改用stroke（撫）、caress（愛撫）、或hold（抱）這些字，unless they clearly mean a sexual touch除非他們明確是指性方面的觸摸。The word is a little old-fashioned even in that sense即使是在那個意思上，這個字也有點過時了；younger speakers may just say touch or feel up年輕人可能就直接說touch或feel up，which is ruder後者比較粗俗。