awkward
英 ['??kw?d]
美['?kw?d]
- adj. 尷尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合適的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?awkwardly;名詞:?awkwardness;
助記提示
【記】音：坳口，讀起來(lái)很坳口，就是笨拙不好說(shuō)；
2. 諧音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+?ward(word)----拗口的詞-?說(shuō)起來(lái)很笨拙
2. 諧音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+?ward(word)----拗口的詞-?說(shuō)起來(lái)很笨拙
中文詞源
awkward 笨拙的
awk-,錯(cuò)誤方向，-ward,朝向。引申詞義笨拙的。
英英釋意
- 1. causing inconvenience;
- "they arrived at an awkward time"
- 2. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance;
- "an awkward dancer"
- "an awkward gesture"
- "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
- "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
- 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"
- 4. 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?"
- 5. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
- "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
- "an awkward pause followed his remark"
- "a sticky question"
- "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
- 6. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner;
- "awkward and reserved at parties"
- "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
- "was always uneasy with strangers"
英文詞源
- awkward
- awkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘perverse’, and with the addition of the suffix -ward this became awkward. Awk itself was adopted from Old Norse afugr, which is related to German ab ‘a(chǎn)way’ and English off. Awkward followed a similar semantic path to awk, via ‘perverse, illadapted’ to ‘clumsy’.
=> off - awkward (adj.)
- mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.
同義詞辨析
awkward, clumsy
這兩個(gè)形容詞都含有"笨拙的"之意。
awkward：側(cè)重缺乏優(yōu)雅、機(jī)敏和技巧。用于物時(shí)，指使用不便。
clumsy：指人時(shí)，側(cè)重行動(dòng)笨拙；指物時(shí)，側(cè)重制作粗陋或體積、重量過(guò)大而呈現(xiàn)笨重。
考試真題
- Basically the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
- The men are very socially awkward but very bright.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題（第一套）聽(tīng)力 Section A
- It's more likely that none of us start a conversation because it's awkward and challenging, or we think it's annoying and unnecessary.
2018年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀D 原文
- The most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger.
2017年高考英語(yǔ)天津卷 閱讀理解 閱讀A 原文
- There was a time when people may have felt awkward about asking for a table for one, but those days are over.
2019年高考英語(yǔ)全國(guó)卷2 閱讀理解 閱讀C 原文
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- [不可數(shù)名詞]She laughed to cover up her feeling of awkwardness.
- 她用笑聲掩飾她的難堪。
牛津詞典
- Have I come at an awkward time?
- 我來(lái)得不是時(shí)候吧？
牛津詞典
- This box is very awkward for one person to carry.
- 這只箱子一個(gè)人很不好搬。
牛津詞典
- He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.
- 他試著跳舞，但是太笨拙，太別扭。
牛津詞典
- I must have slept in an awkward position─I'm aching all over.
- 我肯定睡的姿勢(shì)不舒適——我全身疼痛。
牛津詞典
- ‘I'm sorry, ’ he said awkwardly.
- “對(duì)不起?！彼执俨话驳卣f(shuō)。
牛津詞典
- She fell awkwardly and broke her ankle.
- 她笨重地摔了一跤，摔斷了踝關(guān)節(jié)。
牛津詞典
- an awkwardly shaped room
- 形狀別扭的房間
牛津詞典
- There was an awkward silence.
- 一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
牛津詞典
- Don't ask awkward questions.
- 不要問(wèn)不好回答的問(wèn)題。
牛津詞典
- You've put me in an awkward position.
- 你使得我狼狽不堪。
牛津詞典
- an awkward customer (= a person who is difficult to deal with)
- 難對(duì)付的家伙
牛津詞典
- Please don't be awkward about letting him come.
- 關(guān)于讓他來(lái)這事請(qǐng)你不要作梗。
牛津詞典
- It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry...
- 它雖然小，但很重，不便攜帶。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Full-size tripods can be awkward, especially if you're shooting a low-level subject.
- 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)尺寸的三腳架可能會(huì)不便于使用，用于拍攝低角度的物體時(shí)尤其如此。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.
- 埃米笨拙地做了個(gè)手勢(shì)。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- Women frequently say that they feel awkward taking the initiative in sex...
- 女人們經(jīng)常說(shuō)她們不好意思在性生活上采取主動(dòng)。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- He was rather awkward with his godson.
- 在教子面前，他非常局促不安。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- She's got to an age where she is being awkward.
- 她到了難相處的年齡。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come...
- 我是第一個(gè)向他提出尷尬問(wèn)題的人，不過(guò)還會(huì)有人問(wèn)更難回答的問(wèn)題。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典
- There was an awkward moment as couples decided whether to stand next to their partners.
- 大家在決定是否要站到自己配偶身旁時(shí)，這一刻令人尷尬。
柯林斯高階英語(yǔ)詞典