flat-footed
/ˈflætˈfʊtɪd/adjective
1
- having flat feet有扁平足的：
a flat-footed, overweight colonel.
一位平足、体重超常的上校。
2
- having one's feet flat on the ground脚板贴地的; 脚不离地的, 拖着脚的：
he landed with a flat-footed thud
他砰的一声脚板着地
as adv. he went upstairs very slowly, walking flat-footed.他慢慢地拖着脚走上楼。
2.1
- informal unable to move quickly and smoothly; clumsy〈非正式〉走不快的; 笨拙的：
we did look flat-footed in that game.
在那场游戏中我们的确显得非常笨拙。
2.2
- informal not clever or imaginative; uninspired〈非正式〉愚笨的; 缺乏想像力的; 沉闷的, 无创见的：
he has little space for anecdote, but the text is no flat-footed catalogue.
他本人无甚轶闻逸事, 但他的这部作品却决非一本缺乏情趣的流水账。
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