clumsy
clumsy 英 [ˈklʌmzi] 美 [ˈklʌmzi]
adj. 笨拙的
比较级:clumsier 最高级:clumsiest
- Someone clumsy is a klutz. They're awkward, ungraceful, and walk like they have two left feet. Something hard to handle — like a huge box — is also clumsy.
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- adj. 笨拙的
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1. I spilt your coffee. Sorry—that was clumsy of me.
我弄洒了你的咖啡。对不起，我真是笨手笨脚的。
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2. His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
他的手很笨拙，无法解开这个结。
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3. She made a clumsy attemptto apologize.
她本想道歉，但措词生硬。
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4. The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming.
申诉程序复杂耗时。
- clumsy (adj.) 1590s, "acting or moving as if benumbed," alteration of Middle English clumsid "numb with cold" (14c.), past participle of clumsen, clomsen "to benumb, stiffen or paralyze with cold or fear" (early 14c.), also "become numb or stiff, as with cold" (late 14c.), which is from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse klumsa "make speechless, palsy; prevent from speaking," intensive of kluma "to make motionless." For insertion of -s-, see flimsy.
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