clumsy
高中,四级,六级,考研,托福,雅思,GRE,1
英['klʌmzɪ]
|美['klʌmzi]
adj.笨拙的;复杂难懂的;得罪人的;(文体等)臃肿的
日语:不器用
法语:maladroit
德语:unbeholfen
韩语:어설픈
俄语:torpe
牛津词典
adj.
- 笨拙的;不灵巧的
moving or doing things in a very awkward way
- I spilt your coffee. Sorry─that was clumsy of me.
我弄洒了你的咖啡。对不起,我真是笨手笨脚的。 - His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
他的手很笨拙,无法解开这个结。
- 无技巧的;冒犯人的;不得体的
done without skill or in a way that offends people
- She made a clumsy attempt to apologize.
她本想道歉,但词语生硬。
- 难以移动的;难用的;设计欠佳的
difficult to move or use easily; not well designed
- 难处理的;复杂难懂的;使用不便的
awkward; too complicated to understand or use easily
- The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming.
申诉程序复杂耗时。
网络解释
词形变化
形容词比较级:clumsier 形容词最高级:clumsiest
中文词源
clumsy 笨拙的
词源可能clod,clot,clump.词义由大块头引申为不方便,笨拙。
双语例句
- I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer
我从没见过更笨拙、动作更不协调的拳击手。
- Unfortunately, I was still very clumsy behind the wheel of the jeep.
令人遗憾的是我开起吉普来还是笨手笨脚。
- He denied the announcement was clumsy and insensitive.
他否认声明不得体、不近人情。
- The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned
就手提电脑而言,键盘就显得大而笨重了。
- It was a clumsy looking aeroplane.
那架飞机样子很难看。
- His movements were clumsy, and his gait peculiarly awkward.
他动作笨拙,步态尤其难看。
- He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship
最近他开始主动表示友好,样子笨拙却又招人喜爱。
- The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
歌词平淡老套,押韵生硬蹩脚。
- He is still smarting over criticism of his victorious but clumsy performance.
他还在为别人批评他尽管最终胜出但表现笨拙感到闷闷不乐。
- His clumsy speech annoyed everyone.
大家对他的拙劣发言均很反感。
- He is clumsy with his hands.
他的一双手很笨。
- Jack is clumsy with his hands.
杰克的一双手很粗笨。
- The clumsy workman put his elbow through the window and broke it.
那笨拙的工人把肘拐伸入窗子,把它弄破了。
- He is clumsy at cricket.
他玩板球笨手笨脚。
- He is a clumsy swimmer.
他拙于游泳。
- He was troubled; it was sure that his technique had been clumsy.
他遇到麻烦了,我肯定是他的方法太笨了。
- A clumsy dog knocked the cup over.
一只笨拙的狗把杯子弄翻了。
- I don't use knives and forks very often, look, how clumsy I am.
我不经常使用刀叉,瞧我笨手笨脚的。
- How clumsy of me to break the vase!
我打碎了这个花瓶,我是有多笨!
- I swear to god, I am so not that clumsy.
我发誓,我没有那么笨。
- I'm clumsy with chopsticks.
我用筷子笨极了。
- That was very clumsy of me.
我太不小心了。
- He asked me such a clumsy question that I did not know what to reply.
他问了我一个如此笨拙的问题,以至于我不知道该如何回答。
- He's too clumsy to bea good dancer.
他太笨拙了,不可能成为好的舞蹈演员。
- That's why you need this clumsy method.
这就是为什么你需要这种笨拙的方法。
- He is a clumsy man.
他是个笨手笨脚的人。
- Clumsy idiot, you could have killed us all.
笨蛋,你差点把我们都弄死了。
- Yeah, I'm a clumsy man.
我是个笨拙的人。
- I know. aren't I the clumsy one?
我明白,难道我是个笨拙的人么?
- I'm so clumsy and stupid and not nearly good enough for you.
我是这么愚蠢和笨拙,要本就配不上你。
语源
late 16th cent.: from obsolete clumsemake numb, be numb, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig