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gawky

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gaw·ky /ˈɡɔːki $ ˈɡɒːki/ adjective  GRACEFULsomeone who is gawky moves or behaves in an awkward way 行动[举止]笨拙的 SYN clumsy a gawky long-legged teenager 一个举止笨拙的长腿少年gawkiness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
gawkyDespite the fact that he was tall for his age, he was gawky and skinny.It was gawky, hesitant, and brash.The local grammar school had put too much of a gawky human edge on his son's image.There are, of course, a few physically awkward, gawky, uncoordinated drivers.Not even the gawky years of adolescence would alter it.
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gawky
gawky /ˈɡɔːki $ ˈɡɒːki/ adjective
someone who is gawky moves or behaves in an awkward way
   SYN  clumsy:
    a gawky long-legged teenager
—gawkiness noun [uncountable]


gawkyBrE /ˈɡɔːki/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɔːki/ 🔊 adjective(especially of a tall young person 尤指高个子的年轻人) awkward in the way they move or behave 笨拙的;笨手笨脚的 gawk·ily BrE /ˈɡɔːkɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɔːkɪli/ 🔊 adverb gawki·ness BrE /ˈɡɔːkinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɔːkinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]