ungainly

英 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]

美 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]

adj.  笨手笨脚的; (举止)不雅观的，难看的

最高级：ungainliest　

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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
  1. He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
     他是个个子高而笨拙的18岁小伙子。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
     保罗笨拙地游到池子边。

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:gawkyclumsyclunkyunwieldy
• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  1. an awkward bundle to carry
  2. a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
  3. clumsy wooden shoes
  4. the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
  Synonym:awkwardbunglesomeclumsy

双语例句

• 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。
• LTE smartphones are often ungainly due to the hefty electronics needed to support it. Apple, famous for its sleek design, could have none of that.
  但由于LTE芯片比较庞大，所以LTE智能手机常常显得很笨拙，但这当然不会出现在以时尚设计著称的苹果身上。
• It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
  那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。
• If, on the other hand, America found and followed a native line, the results were bound to be ungainly. Not all accumulations of hydrocarbons are necessarily the result of hydrodynamics.
  如若美国另辟蹊径，其结果必然流于粗俗。并不是所有烃类的储集都必然是水动力的结果。
• To date, sports bras have largely been ungainly, with all the functional trappings of a maternity bra and little more in the way of stylish design.
  此前，运动胸衣总的来说不太优雅，有母性胸衣的种种功能性装饰，却缺少时髦的设计。
• 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。
• He walked in long ungainly strides.
  他迈着笨拙的大步子行走。
• The tall man wobbled along ungainly.
  这高大的男子笨拙地摇晃着向前行进。
• The ungainly movements of ducks out of water
  鸭子出水的笨拙动作
• Why are some of the greatest thinkers being expelled from their disciplines? because they are too ungainly or too out of date, Hegel, Marx, and Freud succumb to an academic makeover.
  为什么一些最伟大的思想家从各自的学科中被赶出去了？作者认为，可能他们太晦涩难解或者太过时而被赶出自身的领域，屈服于学术界的翻新改造。