| 单词 | gauche |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [gəuʃ] |
| 解释 | adj. 笨拙的，不会社交的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 笨拙的，不会社交的( lacking grace; awkward; tactless) 【考】 反义词：polished(优 雅) 【例】 He is tongue-tied and gauche. |
| 字源 | gauche (adj.) "awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing Old French senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from Middle French gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon, Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)). |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 不善交际的; 缺乏社会风度的; 不圆滑的 = awkward = tactless 【记】读: 狗吃(屎)－会见小江摔了个gauche－不善交际的 【反】polished(adj 擦亮的; 优美的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音： 搞丑，搞臭，出丑，表示笨，不会社交；会社交的是grace |
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