awkward

英语

词源

来自awk (“怪异的，笨拙的”) +‎ -ward。

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈɔːkwəd/
• (通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈɔkwɚd/
• (加拿大、有cot-caught兼并的方言) 国际音标^(帮助)：/ˈɑkwɚd/

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• 断字：awk‧ward

副词

awkward (比较级 more awkward，最高级 most awkward)

1. (obsolete) 向后
   • Template:RQ:Mlry MrtArthr1：

     Than groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and […] kut thorow a vayne […].

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形容词

awkward (比较级 awkwarder 或 more awkward，最高级 awkwardest 或 most awkward)

1. 不灵巧的，笨拙的，别扭的

   John was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve.

   John在耍那个戏法的时候笨手笨脚的。他还是要练习才能提高。

   近义词： clumsy、lubberly、ungraceful、unhandy

   反义词： dexterous、gainly、graceful、handy、skillful

2. 尴尬的，让人难堪的

   That was an extremely awkward moment. Everyone was watching.

   那一刻真的非常尴尬，大家都在看着。

   An awkward silence had fallen.

   陷入了一片尴尬的沉默。

3. 不善交际的，不善言谈的

   I'm very awkward at parties.

   我在派对上很畏缩。

   Things get very awkward whenever 60-year old men use cheesy pick-up lines on me.

   每有60多岁的老人用老土的搭讪语句找我攀谈时，我都不知道该怎么办才好。

   近义词： maladroit

   反义词： amiable、cool

4. 任性的 （指人）；不方便的，难以应付的，棘手的

   He's a right awkward chap.

   他这个小子很难对付。

   These cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move.

   我们搬家时这些陈列柜会很难处理。

   • 2020 8月 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, 出自 Rail，页号 61:

     Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers.

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衍生词

• awkwardly
• awkwardness

 

名词

awkward (复数 awkwards)

1. 笨拙的人；尴尬的情况；任性的人等 （可以使用上述形容词形容的人或物）
   • 1912, Eliza Ripley, Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of My Girlhood, New York, N.Y., London: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     Another important branch of deportment was to seat the awkwards stiffly on the extreme edge of a chair, fold the hands on the very precarious lap, droop the eyes in a pensive way.

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   • 1998, Leo Marks, Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE's Code War, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     'What periods are you talking about?' / 'The monthly awkwards. Didn't the girls at Molyneux have them when you were managing director?' / The Rabbit leaned forward, sniffing the air in the immediate vicinity. 'Either you've been drinking or you've got some girl into trouble. Or am I being unfair to you and it's both?'

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   • 2014, Grace Helbig, Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN，页号 76:

     That is a way to make awkwards. And it's not fun to hang out with awkwards more than once.

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