clumsy

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a. 笨拙的, 不雅观的, 粗陋的

发音

UK /ˈklʌmzi/
US /ˈklʌmzi/

词形变化

clumsies 复数 clumsies clumsier 比较级 clumsier clumsiest clumsiest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

笨拙的

moving or doing things in a careless way, especially so that you drop things, knock into things etc

形容词

笨拙地

形容词

不得当的

形容词

不得当地

A clumsy waiter spilled wine all over her new skirt.

一名笨手笨脚的服务员把葡萄酒洒得她新裙子上到处都是。

a clumsy attempt to catch the ball

笨拙的接球动作

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A clumsy person.

    非正式
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

    粗笨

    笨

    笨拙

    He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.

  2. 2.

    Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

    It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.

    What a clumsy joke

  3. 3.

    Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

awkward incompetent inept cumbersome bungling clunky gawky unwieldy ungainly bunglesome

近义相关 5

awkward unskilled unmanageable unwieldy infelicitous

词源

Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.

来源：wiktionary