gawky

英 [ˈɡɔːki]

美 [ˈɡɔːki]

adj.  笨拙的; 笨手笨脚的

比较级：gawkier　

BNC.35439 / COCA.27771

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨拙的；笨手笨脚的
  awkward in the way they move or behave

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指年轻人）笨拙的，笨手笨脚的
  If you describe someone, especially a young person, asgawky, you mean they are awkward and clumsy.
  1. ...a gawky lad with spots.
     长着粉刺、笨手笨脚的小伙子

英英释义

adj

• lacking grace in movement or posture
  1. a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
  2. clumsy fingers
  3. what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
  4. heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
  Synonym:clumsyclunkyungainlyunwieldy

双语例句

• With nothing but a radio transmitter to herald its arrival, a gawky aluminum bird swooped over the north pole of the planet Neptune last august.
  去年8月，一只粗笨的铝制飞鸟掠过海王星北极，它什么也不用，只用无线电发报机通报它到达了这颗行星。
• Ten years ago he was a gawky teenager.
  10年前，他是个长相粗笨的少年。
• One day he saw lincoln& a tall, shambling man, long, bony, gawky, but tremendously impressive.
  有一天他看见林肯&一个脚步踉踉的高个子，又瘦又长，笨手笨脚的，但是给人以极其深刻的印象。
• Mark Cuban's best player is still a tall gawky German guy.
  马克库班的最好的球员依然是那个迟钝的德国大个儿。
• It's love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye – and the feeling is mutual.
  当一个迟钝、古怪的昆虫来到这个熙熙攘攘的世界，并看到一个出色的瓢虫对她看了一眼时，一见钟情的感觉就来了。而且，这种感情竟然是彼此相互的。
• Her tall, gawky colleague was at the desk.
  她那位笨手笨脚的高个子同事在伏案工作。
• She thought she was gawky, that her hair was too frizzy, her skin too pale.
  她从前还觉得自己太笨、头发太卷、皮肤太白了。
• Does she look posh to you, or gawky?
  她是不是看上去很优雅，或者很笨拙？