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

• 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。
• To date, sports bras have largely been ungainly, with all the functional trappings of a maternity bra and little more in the way of stylish design.
  此前，运动胸衣总的来说不太优雅，有母性胸衣的种种功能性装饰，却缺少时髦的设计。
• He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet;
  我刚才已经说过，他滑到了舷樯旁，像个可怕而丑恶的傀儡一样躺在那里。
• If, on the other hand, America found and followed a native line, the results were bound to be ungainly. Not all accumulations of hydrocarbons are necessarily the result of hydrodynamics.
  如若美国另辟蹊径，其结果必然流于粗俗。并不是所有烃类的储集都必然是水动力的结果。
• 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 next piece of business was to find a name for this ungainly creation.
  下一步就是为这个不受待见的产品起个名字了。
• A large or ungainly automobile.
  大汽车巨大的或笨拙的汽车。
• It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
  那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。
• 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。
• Moving house does make one feel ungainly and I simply don't want to be observed in this exposed state.
  搬家会让人感到手忙脚乱，我就是不希望别人看到我这种状态。