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clumsy 音标拼音: [kl'ʌmzi] a. 笨拙的,不雅观的,粗陋的 笨拙的,不雅观的,粗陋的 clumsy adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [synonym: {gawky}, {clumsy}, {clunky}, {ungainly}, {unwieldy}] 2: 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?" [synonym: {awkward}, {clumsy}, {cumbersome}, {inapt}, {inept}, {ill-chosen}] 3: 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" [synonym: {awkward}, {bunglesome}, {clumsy}, {ungainly}] 4: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [synonym: {bungling}, {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}] Clumsy \Clum"sy\, a. [Compar. {Clumsier}; superl. {Clumsiest}.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st {Clam}, and 1st {Clamp}.] 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. [1913 Webster] But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. --Dryden. Syn: See {Awkward}. [1913 Webster] 105 Moby Thesaurus words for "clumsy":
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