clumsy
英 ['kl?mz?]
美 ['kl?mzi]
助記提示
1. clum- (諧音“可numb, 可訥(四川方言發音：na)木”)----可木訥了、可木啦------非常的木訥、跟個木頭似的、木撮撮的、暮撮撮的。+ -sy => clumsy.
中文詞源
clumsy 笨拙的詞源可能clod,clot,clump.詞義由大塊頭引申為不方便，笨拙。
英文詞源
- clumsy
- clumsy: [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are Scandinavian (such as Swedish dialect klumsig ‘numb, clumsy’), suggests that the notion originally contained in them was of being torpid from cold – so cold that one is sluggish and cannot coordinate one’s actions.
- clumsy (adj.)
- 1590s, "acting as if benumbed," alteration of Middle English clumsid "numb with cold" (14c.), past participle of clumsen "to benumb, stiffen or paralyze with cold or fear," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse klumsa "make speechless, palsy; prevent from speaking," intensive of kluma "to make motionless." For insertion of -s-, see flimsy.
Not in general use until 18c., with senses "manifesting awkwardness; so made as to be unwieldy." Related: Clumsily; clumsiness. Compare Swedish dialectal klummsen "benumbed with cold," Norwegian klumsad (past participle) "speechless, palsied by a spasm or by fear or witchery;" German verklammen "grow stiff or numb with cold." Also compare clumse (n.) "a stupid fellow."
雙語例句
- 1. The action seemed a clumsy attempt to topple the Janata Dal government.
- 這一試圖推翻人民黨政府的行動似乎缺乏策略。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He is still smarting over criticism of his victorious but clumsy performance.
- 他還在為別人批評他盡管最終勝出但表現笨拙感到悶悶不樂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It was a clumsy looking aeroplane.
- 那架飛機樣子很難看。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
- 歌詞平淡老套，押韻生硬蹩腳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I spilt your coffee. Sorry—that was clumsy of me.
- 我弄灑了你的咖啡。對不起，我真是笨手笨腳的。
來自《權威詞典》