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单词 clumsy
释义
clumsy
adjective
uk
/ˈklʌm.zi/us
/ˈklʌm.zi/
B2
A clumsypersonoften hasaccidentsbecause they do notbehavein acareful,controlledway:
笨手笨脚，毛手毛脚，不灵巧
That's the thirdglassyou'vesmashedthisweek- you're so clumsy!这已经是你这个星期打碎的第3只杯子了——真是太笨了！
awkwardinmovementormanner:
笨拙的，不灵活的
The firstmobilephoneswereheavyand clumsy to use, butnowadaysthey are mucheasiertohandle.第一代手机用起来很笨重，而现在的手机就轻便多了。
He gave a clumsybow.
notskilfulin the way youdealwith orexpresssomething:
Her clumsyhandlingof thesituationonly made itworse.
Myattemptstoapologizewere very clumsy.
Some of thewordingof thestatementwas abitclumsy.
More examples
  • Hermovementswereratherclumsy.
  • You clumsyoaf! You'vebrokenit!
  • She was clumsy anduncoordinatedas agirl.
  • She made a clumsycurtseyandbackedout of theroom.
  • Theylaughat his clumsysyntaxandhilariousmalapropisms.
  • Hetriedtotalkto her, but he was so clumsy she didn'tfullyunderstandwhat he was saying.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • ham-fisted
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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Experiencing difficulties
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clumsily
clumsiness
(Definition ofclumsyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
clumsy
adjective
uk
/ˈklʌm.zi/us
/ˈklʌm.zi/
awkwardinmovementormanner
笨拙的，不灵活的
The firstmobilephoneswereheavyand clumsy to use, butnowadaysthey are mucheasiertohandle.第一代手机用起来很笨重，而现在的手机就轻便多了。
Myattemptstoapologizewere very clumsy(= not said well).我想道歉，却拙嘴笨舌的。
B2
A clumsypersonoften hasaccidentsbecause they do notbehavein acareful,controlledway.
笨手笨脚，毛手毛脚，不灵巧
That's the thirdglassyou'vesmashedthisweek- you're so clumsy!这已经是你这个星期打碎的第3只杯子了——真是太笨了！
More examples
  • Hermovementswereratherclumsy.
  • You clumsyoaf! You'vebrokenit!
  • She was clumsy anduncoordinatedas agirl.
  • She made a clumsycurtseyandbackedout of theroom.

clumsy| American Dictionary

clumsy
adjective
us
/ˈklʌm·zi/
awkwardinmovementormanner:
I’m so clumsy – Ikeepdroppingthings.
Clumsy alsomeansdone in anawkwardorembarrassingway:
Hesubsequentlywrotealetterto themagazinein anadmittedlyclumsytryatexplaininghisviewpoint.
Something that is clumsy is toobigorcomplicatedto bedealtwitheasily:
She would be at themercyof a clumsybureaucracy.
(Definition ofclumsyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclumsy

clumsy
The clumsiest of the bunch, he sometimes gets overexcited and acts before thinking.
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Apparently (examples are provided), the formalism isclumsy, sometimes wrong, and occasionally just ' perverse ' (154).
From theCambridge English Corpus
He is the clumsiest on the moon and usually having his clumsiness creating simple slapstick comedy.
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A literal translation risks less in loss of meaning, but can beclumsy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In some, the animals' bodies are pressed intoclumsyand unnaturalistic positions more suited to a human body.
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However, while permanent immunity was certain, the procedure itself was ' costly,clumsy, heartbreaking and dangerous ', as one vet put it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I am still not entirely convinced by the idea of using these rather hackneyed tunes, especially as the word-setting is sometimes ratherclumsy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Earlier pieces construct, in cheap,clumsymaterials, the inaccessible landscapes viewed from a plane window or the envisaged destination of a journey.
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In contrast, the text is somewhatclumsystylistically.
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Perhaps the race will come to see that strikes and wars areclumsyand wasteful ways of settling differences.
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We poorclumsymen and women turned the world upside down, inside out, round and about.
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He is tooclumsyand comfort-loving for that.
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Adding a clause is somewhatclumsy, and the two-column paradigm does not handle higher arity tuples well.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As they work in isolation from a real audience, their style often becomesclumsyand lifeless.
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Suchclumsymoralizing failed to convince his critics, however.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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