ungainly

英 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]

美 [ʌnˈɡeɪnli]

adj.  笨手笨脚的; (举止)不雅观的，难看的

最高级：ungainliest　

IELTSGRETEM8

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。
• A large or ungainly automobile.
  大汽车巨大的或笨拙的汽车。
• 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。
• But he tends to regard me as an ungainly, trouble causing nuisance.
  但是他却想把我看作是个一无是处、惹事生非的讨厌货。
• It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
  那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。
• He walked in long ungainly strides.
  他迈着笨拙的大步子行走。
• On land, they're ungainly, but when they find the right conditions
  在陆地，他们很笨拙，但是当他们找到合适的条件
• The tall man wobbled along ungainly.
  这高大的男子笨拙地摇晃着向前行进。
• Through the crowd of ungainly, shabbily dressed actors, Sibyl vane moved like a creature from a finer world.
  茜比尔？范在一群其貌不扬，衣着寒酸的演员之间跳着，象一个从哪个美好的世界来的生灵。