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词根:ungainly
adj.ungainly 笨拙的;不雅的
adv.ungainly 笨拙地;不雅地
obsolete gain direct, from Middle English gayn, geyn, from Old English gēn, from Old Norse gegn, from gegn, preposition, against; akin to Old English gēan- against — more at again
The first known use of ungainly was in 1611
ungraciousadjective
not courteous : rude
ungracious treatment
not pleasing : disagreeable
an ungracious task
ungraciousadjective
not courteous : rude
ungracious treatment
not pleasing : disagreeable
an ungracious task
ungovernableadjective
not capable of being governed, guided, or controlled
an ungovernable temper
ungodlyadjective
denying God : impious, irreligious
sinful, wicked
outrageous
gets up at an ungodly hour
ungluedadjective
emotionally upset : distraught
in a state of complete failure
ungainlyadjective
clumsy sense 1a, awkward
ungainlyadjective
clumsy sense 1a, awkward
1 President of the fear of what the total ungainliness, but other very good baby!
总害怕会长成什么怪样子,但是孩子其他都很好啊!
2 There are creatures which are the embodiment of grace; and others whose huge ungainliness is like that of a shape in a nightmare.
3 While the work could use some judicious pruning, McNulty says that the production "compensates for the dramatic ungainliness by getting nearly everything else right."
4 After his recovery he gained much in flesh, and entirely lost that ungainliness of aspect which once led a friend to compare him to a geometrical line, "length without breadth or thickness."
5 Babies — adorable in their ungainliness — playfully splashed around their elders’ feet.
6 He walked with almost as much caution and ungainliness as Mistrust, his deep and shining eyes busily searching the gloom to left and right of him.
7 There are moments when this extraordinary actress behaves with an ugliness and ungainliness that people reserve for those moments when they’re sure they’re alone.
8 But what sometimes makes it remarkable is Mr. Kozelek’s will to put the narrowness and ungainliness of daily life and work into his music.
9 Now the ungainliness of his deformity was hidden, and his height was greater than that of his companion, obliging her to look up at him.
10 getting the ungainly couch up the stairs was a real chore
11 Yet this ungainliness is occasionally redeemed by exquisite blossoms, of pale, pure hues, cropping out directly from the substance of the plant, without any pretence of a stem.
12 But a sourness in tone keeps the proceedings from achieving the series’ signature black wit, adding to the film’s ungainliness.
13 He watched her every moment keenly, and soon found out that her awkwardness was the result of diffidence and restraint, not of native ungainliness.
14 This solution avoids the ungainliness of dualism: panpsychism, Koch argues, “elegantly eliminates the need to explain how the mental emerges out of the physical and vice versa. Both coexist.”
15 When the patient is seated and asked to move the foot in different directions, there is a characteristic stiffness, ungainliness, and restriction in the range of movement.
16 There is the same exaggeration, the same petulant ill-nature, the same obscurity of phrase and ungainliness of verse, and the same general insincerity.
17 Sweaters like Babaà’s cardigan, popular on Instagram, seem pure in their ungainliness.
18 Do the Galapagos cormorants gain anything by their ungainliness?
19 Mr. Egarr compared this trait in Handel to a certain ungainliness in Brahms’s writing for piano.
20 Demosthenes combated an impediment in speech and ungainliness of gesture, which at first drove him from the forum in disgrace.