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ungainly

/uhn-geyn-lee/US // ʌnˈgeɪn li //UK // (ʌnˈɡeɪnlɪ) //

不雅观的,不雅观,不雅的,不雅观观的

Related Words

lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬bulky庞大的,笨重的,笨重,粗大的clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙unwieldy笨重,笨重的,粗笨的,笨拙的gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重graceless不雅观,不雅观的,不雅的,不优雅的uncoordinated不协调的,不协调,不合群的,不合群ungraceful不雅观的,不雅观,不优雅的,毫无风度klutzy笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重unmanageable不可收拾,不可收拾的,不可理喻,难以应付clunky笨重的,笨拙的,笨重,笨拙lanky修长的,瘦长的,瘦长型,瘦长loutish懒散的人,粗鲁的,粗野的,懒散的maladroit恶作剧,恶性循环,错乱,恶搞stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬uncouth粗鲁的,犷悍,粗野的,粗鲁的人wooden木制,木质,木制的,木质的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    un·gain·li·er, un·gain·li·est.

    • : not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in an awkward manner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.clumsy
Synonyms
awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐unwieldy笨重,笨重的,粗笨的,笨拙的gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重klutzy笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的lanky修长的,瘦长的,瘦长型,瘦长loutish懒散的人,粗鲁的,粗野的,懒散的maladroit恶作剧,恶性循环,错乱,恶搞stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬uncouth粗鲁的,犷悍,粗野的,粗鲁的人ungraceful不雅观的,不雅观,不优雅的,毫无风度wooden木制,木质,木制的,木质的
adj.clumsy
Synonyms
awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐gawky笨拙的,笨拙,笨手笨脚,笨重graceless不雅观,不雅观的,不雅的,不优雅的klutzy笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的uncoordinated不协调的,不协调,不合群的,不合群ungraceful不雅观的,不雅观,不优雅的,毫无风度
adj.cumbersome
Synonyms
awkward笨拙的,尴尬的,笨拙,尴尬bulky庞大的,笨重的,笨重,粗大的clumsy笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的,笨拙unwieldy笨重,笨重的,粗笨的,笨拙的clunky笨重的,笨拙的,笨重,笨拙heavy沉重,沉重的,重,厚重unmanageable不可收拾,不可收拾的,不可理喻,难以应付

Examples

  • Commission industry chief Thierry Breton pointed to the ungainly sight of multiple charging cables.

  • As ungainly as bison look, they can run at speeds of up to 30 miles an hour and jump a six-foot fence.

  • A 36-story tower designed by Rafael Vinoly nicknamed the “walkie-talkie” curves outward as it rises, ungainly and jarring.

  • This ungainly man soon percolated in my own melancholic imagination.

  • I imagine he made an ungainly lunge at her, which she again rejected and which left her seriously upset.

  • But in their ungainly, old fashioned ways, books and records beat their digital equivalents in every category but convenience.

  • It has lost some of its ungainly enthusiasm, its sloppy joy, its achingly self-conscious hipster attitude.

  • Presently his blunt ungainly head rose within ten feet of them.

  • Though ungainly in appearance and with no oratorical talent, he was witty and formidable in debate.

  • It was a heavy ungainly looking object when finished, and it required much ingenuity on my part to launch it.

  • Bob lay upon some sacks in an ungainly attitude, and the jolting had not broken his heavy sleep.

  • Slowly rising from his seat was a figure as ungainly as the other had been elegant.

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