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

• Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
  保罗笨拙地游到池子边。
• A large or ungainly automobile.
  大汽车巨大的或笨拙的汽车。
• 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。
• 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 because they are too ungainly or too out of date, Hegel, Marx, and Freud succumb to an academic makeover.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。
• 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。
• It's not quite the Lake District but the countryside's very pretty. The person of this individual was to the last degree ungainly without being in any particular manner deformed.
  这儿虽说比不上湖区，但郊外的景色倒也十分漂亮.此人的模样，虽说并没有特别的畸型残缺之处，但看上去极不匀称。
• 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。
• 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。
• Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
  以难看的样子向外翻转。
• 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。