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单词 gaucherie
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Definition of gaucherie in English:

gaucherie

noun ˈɡəʊʃ(ə)riˌɡoʊʃəˈri
mass noun
  • Awkward or unsophisticated ways.

    笨拙,不老练的样子

    I was ridiculed for my sartorial gaucherie

    我因为做缝纫活笨手笨脚而被人嘲笑。

    count noun she had long since got over gaucheries such as blushing

    她再也不会出现像脸红这样不老练的情况了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have, too, a sort of spiritual gaucherie which makes me unapt to participate in any rite.
    • In the second instance, embarrassment makes Jean infringe the dietary code governing the gouter for which his status as an orphan has earned him an invitation and which only serves to highlight his social inferiority and his gaucherie.
    • He is an extraordinary amalgam of intelligence and foolishness, wisdom and innocence, grace and gaucherie, charm and histrionic offensiveness.
    • Although he crows endlessly about dating a younger woman, he often seems ashamed by her gaucherie.
    • In the last 15 years, the mode of quick cutting has hidden some of the physical gaucheries, but it can't give them graces they don't possess.
    Synonyms
    blunder, mistake, error, slip

Origin

Late 18th century: French, from gauche (see gauche).

Definition of gaucherie in US English:

gaucherie

nounˌɡōSHəˈrēˌɡoʊʃəˈri
  • Awkward, embarrassing, or unsophisticated ways.

    笨拙,不老练的样子

    she had long since gotten over gaucheries such as blushing

    她再也不会出现像脸红这样不老练的情况了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is an extraordinary amalgam of intelligence and foolishness, wisdom and innocence, grace and gaucherie, charm and histrionic offensiveness.
    • Although he crows endlessly about dating a younger woman, he often seems ashamed by her gaucherie.
    • In the second instance, embarrassment makes Jean infringe the dietary code governing the gouter for which his status as an orphan has earned him an invitation and which only serves to highlight his social inferiority and his gaucherie.
    • In the last 15 years, the mode of quick cutting has hidden some of the physical gaucheries, but it can't give them graces they don't possess.
    • I have, too, a sort of spiritual gaucherie which makes me unapt to participate in any rite.
    Synonyms
    blunder, mistake, error, slip

Origin

Late 18th century: French, from gauche (see gauche).

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