ungainly
ungainly 英 [ʌnˈgeɪnli] 美 [ʌnˈɡenli]
adj. 笨拙的；不雅的
比较级:ungainlier 最高级:ungainliest
- Ungainly is the opposite of graceful, convenient, or easy. A clumsy dancer boogies in an ungainly or awkward fashion.
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- adj. 笨拙的；不雅的
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1. He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
他是个个子高而笨拙的 18 岁小伙子。
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2. ungainly figure
笨拙的身材
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3. I thought him terribly ungainly when he danced.
我觉得他跳舞时显得极其笨拙。
- ungainly (adj.) 1610s, "unfit, improper," from Middle English ungeinliche, from ungein (late 14c.) "inconvenient, disagreeable, troublesome," from un- (1) "not" + gein "kind, helpful; reliable; beneficial; suitable, appropriate; convenient," from Old Norse gegn "straight, direct, helpful," from Proto-Germanic *gagina "against" (see again). Old English had ungænge "useless, vain."
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