awkward是什么意思_awkward怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance;"an awkward dancer"
"an awkward gesture"
"too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
"his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
"clumsy wooden shoes"
"the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

not elegant or graceful in expression;"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
"his cumbersome writing style"
"if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
"an awkward pause followed his remark"
"a sticky question"
"in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner;"awkward and reserved at parties"
"ill at ease among eddies of people he didn"t know"
"was always uneasy with strangers"

中英词源

awkward 笨拙的www.WeNTIyI.Com

awk-,错误方向，-ward,朝向。引申词义笨拙的。

awkward: awkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘perverse’, and with the addition of the suffix -ward this became awkward. Awk itself was adopted from Old Norse afugr, which is related to German ab ‘away’ and English off. Awkward followed a similar semantic path to awk, via ‘perverse, illadapted’ to ‘clumsy’.
=> off
awkward (adj.): mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.

词态变化

副词 awkwardly;
名词 awkwardness;

权威造句

1. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments.: 不幸的是，奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。

2. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.: 亚历山德拉穿着那身过时的衣裳，显得臃肿笨拙。

3. I"m always being told off for being so awkward.: 我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。

4. She"s got to an age where she is being awkward.: 她到了难相处的年龄。

5. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.: 它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。

近反义词

difficult

embarrassing

inconvenient

troublesome

trying

uncomfortable

unpleasant

相似短语

awkward squad 一小队训练不足的新兵一群没有经验的人乌合之众

awkward customer 难对付的家伙

the awkward age n. 未成熟的青春期

awkward syntax 【计】别扭语法

awkward age 未成熟的青春期

an awkward customer n. 难对付的人

an awkward squad n. 乌合之众

place in an awkward position 使处于尴尬[可笑]的境地

put in an awkward position 使处于尴尬[可笑]的境地

awkward & lengthy cargo 笨重长大货物此指单件货物的重量过重、体积过大、或是尺寸过长，在装卸、配载、保管及运输上需要特殊设备的支持例如钢轨、车辆和大型机械皆在此范围内。在重量及标尺方面，各国无论是陆、海、空运皆有不同的规定

单词分析

这两个形容词都含有“笨拙的”之意。
awkward侧重缺乏优雅、机敏和技巧。用于物时，指使用不便。
clumsy指人时，侧重行动笨拙；指物时，侧重制作粗陋或体积、重量过大而呈现笨重。

记忆方法

【记】音：坳口，读起来很坳口，就是笨拙不好说；
2. 谐音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+ ward(word)----拗口的词- 说起来很笨拙

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