A picture you can hold: a body that doesn't quite land where it means to. The hand reaches for the glass and knocks it over; the elbow catches the shelf on the way past; the foot finds the step that wasn't there. Nothing is done on purpose and nothing is done with skill — there is simply a gap between the movement intended and the movement that happens, and things get dropped, bumped, and broken in that gap.

一個身體總是落不到它想去的位置。手伸向杯子卻把它撞倒,手肘經過架子時勾到東西,腳踩到一階不存在的樓梯。沒有惡意,也談不上技巧——就只是「想做的動作」和「實際做出的動作」之間有一道縫,而東西就在這道縫裡被碰掉、撞歪、摔破。這種笨拙不需要嚴重,它多半是日常的、有點好笑的、令人不好意思的。

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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

clumsyadj/ˈklʌmzi/

  • 1

    Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

    • He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
  • 2

    Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

    • It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
    • What a clumsy joke
  • 3

    Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

clumsynoun/ˈklʌmzi/

  • 1

    informalA clumsy person.

    • On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.

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