| 单词 | ungainly |
| 释义 | ungainlyun·gain·ly /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/ adjectiveadj CLUMSYmoving in a way that does not look graceful 〔动作〕笨拙的，难看的，不优雅的 a tall ungainly teenager 一个动作笨拙的高个子少年 —ungainliness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus ungainly• I felt old, fat, and ungainly.• They were, in a word, ungainly.• She was old, fat and ungainly, and had to struggle to get to her feet.• It was ungainly, and slow, but the method worked.• It was four feet tall, ungainly and untuned, and Clarisa was no musician.• Dinosaurs were huge ungainly animals with tiny brains.• What a relief I thought, that that ungainly thing was no longer needed by me.• He had been an attractive youth, tall, rather ungainly, with a thatch of black hair. (1600-1700) gainly “proper, graceful, pleasing” ((14-20 centuries)), from gain “direct, kind, useful” ((10-19 centuries)), from Old Norse gegn |
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