Clumsy
['klʌmzɪ] or ['klʌmzi]
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
(superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
校對:西蒙
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Unwieldy, ponderous, heavy, lumbering, ill-shaped, ill-made.[2]. Awkward, unhandy, bungling, maladroit, inapt, unskilful, without dexterity.
黛布拉整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Awkward, inexpert, uncouth, maladroit, botching, bungling, unskillful,unwieldly, unhandy, ill-shaped
ANT:Neat, workmanlike, artistic, handy, skillful, clever, expert, adroit,dexterous
克莱夫整理
解釋/意思:
adj. shapeless: ill-made: unwieldy: awkward: ungainly.—adj. Clum′sily.—n. Clum′siness.
錄入:费尔普斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But the Blutcher was after all a very clumsy machine. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Her clumsy fib had let him see that she had something to conceal; and she was sure he had a score to settle with her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Far better we may say that moral and social problems be left to private solution than that they be subjected to the clumsy method of the taboo. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Jos, a clumsy and timid horseman, did not look to advantage in the saddle. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Making the women stand apart, I undressed their mistress, without their well-meaning but clumsy aid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- They were clumsy in cutting the lines, and spoiled block after block. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The boat was clumsy beyond question. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- On the highest point stood the church--an ancient, weather-beaten building, with heavy buttresses at its sides, and a clumsy square tower in front. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But everything in the Roman state was earlier, cruder, and clumsier; the injustices were more glaring, the conflicts harsher. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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