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gauchely (adv.), gaucheness (n.)
词根:gauche
n.gaucheness 不圆滑;缺乏社交经验
Adjective
1. lacking social polish;
"too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"
"their excellent manners always may be feel gauche"
"笨拙的,不得体的",1751年(切斯特菲尔德),源自法语 gauche "左"(15世纪,代替 senestre 在那个意义上),最初的意思是"笨拙的,歪曲的",来自 gauchir "转向一边,偏离",源自原始日耳曼语 *wankjan(也是古高地德语 wankon,古诺尔斯语 vakka "摇晃,蹒跚"的来源),源自 PIE *weng- "弯曲,弯曲"(见 wink(v.))。
French, literally, left
The first known use of gauche was in 1751
gaudnoun
ornament entry 1 sense 1, trinket
gauchonoun
a cowboy of the South American grass-covered plains
gauchonoun
a cowboy of the South American grass-covered plains
gaucheadjective
lacking social experience or grace
gaucheadjective
lacking social experience or grace
gaucheadjective
lacking social experience or grace
1 We're all a bit gauche when we're young.
年轻的时候我们都有点放不开。
2 Even if SAG-AFTRA members are allowed by the rules to continue their outside work, will it not seem gauche to do so?
3 His illustrator scarcely ever achieves anything that is not gauche and lifeless.
4 In other words, what they seem to be asking, though no one in the movie is so gauche to say it bluntly: Did Vermeer cheat his way into history?
5 Look at his clothes! He is so gauche! .
看他的衣着!他太不得体了!
6 his loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured
7 He's rather gauche; he hasn't found his feet socially yet.
他蛮笨拙的,到现在还找不到在这社会上的立足之地。
8 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced plans to sell the state office building to a new owner, who presumably would replace it with something taller and a whole lot less ’80s gauche.
9 He was gauche in his attempt at conversation, asking inconsequential questions about my films.
10 Maybe French tips aren't gauche for the Met Gala, after all.
11 His status ensured him access to the best and brightest women in Georgian society, but most found his manner unpleasant and his opinions gauche.
12 Mr. Miller reveals himself to be witty, self-depreciating, gauche and technically accomplished.
13 And in fact, while some of the political messaging struck a slightly gauche chord, it was captivating, and the results – particularly the climax, when they conjured a Gauguin image – memorable.
14 Lindsey Stirling is a pop violinist, a classical crossover artist, a ruthless and often gauche blender of styles and aesthetics and a second-place finisher on the most recent season of “Dancing With the Stars.”
15 That’s because lately Amazon has become the Goofus of publishing news, the surly, inconsiderate and gauche kid who never seems to get anything right.
16 In a different setting, the Robert Johnson lyrics could sound gauche.
17 Yet even this hopelessly gauche move did little to dim his triumph: he’d gotten what he thought he wanted just in time to want something else altogether.
18 As "daughter of the regiment", she whisks and spins across stage with comedic pell-mell energy and Chaplinesque elfin charm, at once mascot, laundrette and unexplored love interest for the gauche troops.
19 In fact, they seem so posh that you might feel a tiny bit gauche when you inevitably lick the plate.
20 It is a topic that resonates in shaky economic times, when flaunting a Rolex or a Gucci handbag can seem gauche.
1 左撇子
portside leftist cack-handed cag-handed left-handed lefty left-hander southpaw sinistral side-wheeler
3 粗鲁
rough harsh ignorant sultry impolite snotty uncouth immodest coarse-grained discourteous ungentle uncourteous unhandsome clodhopping cloddish chuffy roughly rudely brusquely saucily boorishly surlily roughness rudeness coarseness incivility surliness crudeness brusqueness boorishness sauciness brusquerie
5 左撇子的
7 笨拙的
lubberly cack-handed heavy awkward clumsy left-handed wretched ill unwieldy overgrown hulking bumbling ungainly uncouth unskillful bonehead ham-fisted tactless artless fumbling gawky elephantine footless klutzy impolitic ham-handed blundering inexpert maladroit inapt unapt hamfisted twofisted flat-footed all thumbs have a heavy hand wooden agricultural rustic bearish inept heavy-handed ponderous balky lumpen ungraceful cussed clodhopping cloddish hobbledehoy shambly lead-footed angular cumbersome uncoordinated spastic bungling savage unskilled splay dippy clownish graceless unhandy hipshot stern foremost vegetable hairy clunky untoward unsubtle lumpish bull-headed heavy-footed galumphing awkwardly dense jerky lumbering looney muddle-headed lefthanded softheaded unartful cubbish cowish skill-less cag-handed slow chuckle lousy bovine zany left-footed clumping knock-kneed corn-fed two-fisted undiplomatic muddleheaded gawkish unpolitic
8 不礼貌
indecent offhand unrefined disagreeable impolite impertinent graceless ungracious be a bit off
9 用左手
10 不文雅的
12 不善交际的
15 不优雅的
16 不机智的
17 粗鲁的
rough harsh ignorant sultry impolite snotty uncouth immodest coarse-grained discourteous ungentle uncourteous unhandsome clodhopping cloddish chuffy
18 不善交际
19 笨拙
lubberly cack-handed heavy awkward clumsy left-handed wretched ill unwieldy overgrown hulking bumbling ungainly uncouth unskillful bonehead ham-fisted tactless artless fumbling gawky elephantine footless klutzy impolitic ham-handed blundering inexpert maladroit inapt unapt hamfisted twofisted sternforemost dumpishly awkwardly clumsily woodenly artlessly boorishly blunderingly insipience dumpishness awkwardness clumsiness flat-footed angularity boorishness gaucherie artlessness gawkiness inaptitude goonery with a heavy hand all thumbs have a heavy hand be all fingers and thumbs be all thumbs wooden angular cumbersome inept heavy-handed uncoordinated spastic bungling ineptly ponderously maladroitly ineptitude savage unskilled splay ponderous dippy clownish graceless unhandy hipshot stern foremost vegetable hairy clunky untoward unsubtle lumpish bull-headed heavy-footed ungraceful cloddish deliberation fall over oneself dense jerky lumbering looney muddle-headed lefthanded softheaded unartful cubbish cowish bad bearish muff bungle flubdub clownery skill-less cag-handed slow rustic chuckle lousy bovine zany left-footed clumping knock-kneed corn-fed two-fisted undiplomatic muddleheaded gawkish unpolitic fatly dullness maladdress for sour apples
20 不老练的