ungainly
英 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]
美 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]
adj. 笨手笨脚的; (举止)不雅观的,难看的
最高级:ungainliest
BNC.20465 / COCA.20371
牛津词典
adj.
- 笨手笨脚的;(举止)不雅观的,难看的
moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant- He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
他是个个子高而笨拙的18岁小伙子。
- He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (人、兽、车船)笨拙的,难看的
If you describe a person, animal, or vehicle asungainly, you mean that they look awkward or clumsy, often because they are big.- The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road...
那只丑陋的杂种幼犬在马路上到处乱跑。 - Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
保罗笨拙地游到池子边。
- The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road...
英英释义
adj
- lacking grace in movement or posture
- a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
- clumsy fingers
- what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
- heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
- difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
- an awkward bundle to carry
- a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
- clumsy wooden shoes
- the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
双语例句
- Turned outward in an ungainly manner. an atom consists of a nucleus around which electrons move.
以难看的样子向外翻转。原子有一个原子核,外面有电子围绕它旋转。 - The ungainly movements of ducks out of water
鸭子出水的笨拙动作 - On land the turtle is ungainly, but in the water it is very agile.
龟在陆地上行动笨拙,在水里则很灵活。 - He is as ungainly as a new born calf.
他的姿态就象一头初生的牛犊那样笨拙。 - It's not quite the Lake District but the countryside's very pretty. The person of this individual was to the last degree ungainly without being in any particular manner deformed.
这儿虽说比不上湖区,但郊外的景色倒也十分漂亮.此人的模样,虽说并没有特别的畸型残缺之处,但看上去极不匀称。 - The poems rhyme too determinedly, ungainly as pairs tied together in a three-legged race.
这些诗的韵脚硬绑绑的,象两人各把一条腿绑在一起参加三腿竞走那样笨拙。 - Moving house does make one feel ungainly and I simply don't want to be observed in this exposed state.
搬家会让人感到手忙脚乱,我就是不希望别人看到我这种状态。 - The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road
那只丑陋的杂种幼犬在马路上到处乱跑。 - The first two arguments to this rather ungainly call specify the namespace and name of the type we're adding a property to& in this case, NAMESPACE: Name.
该调用看上去相当复杂,前两个参数指定了我们将为之添加属性的类型的名称空间和名称&在本例中为NAMESPACE:Name。 - It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。