Front | clumsy |
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Pron | ['klʌmzi] |
Back | 【CLUMSY】 He asked me such a clumsy question that I did not know what to reply. 他问了我一个如此笨拙的问题,以至于我不知道该如何回答。 【重点词汇】 clumsy adj. 笨拙的 反: skillful |
Vocab | clumsylacking grace in movement or posture
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. A badly told story is told in a clumsy way, and a couch that's hard to move clumsy to carry. But mostly being clumsy is embarrassing. Dropping things, tripping a lot, and stumbling are all examples of clumsiness. Clumsy people usually aren't too good at sports or dancing. And you certainly don't want a clumsy surgeon. Most people are a little clumsy when they're teenagers — growing so fast makes it hard to be sure of yourself physically. All forms of 'clumsy' will appear on average once every 555 pages. clumsily clumsiness clumsy |
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