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

• Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
  以难看的样子向外翻转。
• 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 because they are too ungainly or too out of date, Hegel, Marx, and Freud succumb to an academic makeover.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。
• He walked in long ungainly strides.
  他迈着笨拙的大步子行走。
• 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
• A large or ungainly automobile.
  大汽车巨大的或笨拙的汽车。
• The tall man wobbled along ungainly.
  这高大的男子笨拙地摇晃着向前行进。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。