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clumsy

音標['kl?mzi] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 笨拙的, 不雅觀的, 粗陋的

詞型變化:

名詞:clumsiness 副詞:clumsily 形容詞比較級:clumsier 最高級:clumsiest 

詞意辨析:

awkward, clumsy
這兩個形容詞都含有“笨拙的”之意。
awkward: 側重缺乏優雅、機敏和技巧。用於物時,指使用不便。
clumsy: 指人時,側重行動笨拙;指物時,側重製作粗陋或體積、重量過大而呈現笨重

英文解釋:

形容詞 clumsy:

  1. lacking grace in movement or posture
    同義詞:gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy
  2. not elegant or graceful in expression
    同義詞:awkward, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
  3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
    同義詞:awkward, bunglesome, ungainly
  4. showing lack of skill or aptitude
    同義詞:bungling, fumbling, incompetent

例句:

  1. He chided his son for being clumsy.
    他斥責兒子笨手笨腳。
  2. This cobbler is rather clumsy.
    這個補鞋匠真是笨手笨腳。
  3. Clumsy beast!
    笨拙的畜生
  4. It's not easy walking in these clumsy shoes.
    穿著這雙笨重的鞋走路真難受
  5. You clumsy oaf ---that's the second glass you've broken today.
    你這個笨傢伙!這是你今天打壞的第二個玻璃杯。

詳細解釋:


clum.sy

adj.(形容詞)
clum.si.er,clum.si.est
Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
笨拙的,笨重的:缺乏身體的協調、技能或優雅;笨拙的
Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy:
樣子不好看的,龐大的:結構難看的;笨重的:
例句:
clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.
笨重的木鞋;冗長的句子

Gauche; inept:
笨拙的;不合適的:
例句:
a clumsy excuse.See Synonyms at awkward
不妥的藉口參見 awkward

來源:
From obsolete clumse [to be numb with cold]
源自 廢語 clumse [因冷而變麻]
from Middle English clomsen
源自 中古英文 clomsen
[of Scandinavian origin]
[源於斯堪的納維亞語]

【引伸】
clum.sily
adv.(副詞)
clum.siness
n.(名詞)

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