英语
词源
来自awk (“怪异的,笨拙的”) + -ward。
发音
- (标准英音) IPA(帮助):/ˈɔːkwəd/
- (通用美式) IPA(帮助):/ˈɔkwɚd/
- (加拿大、有cot-caught兼并的方言) IPA(帮助):/ˈɑkwɚd/
音频 (美国) 音频 (美国) (美国有cot-caught兼并的方言) 音频 (澳洲) - 断字:awk‧ward
副词
awkward(比较级 more awkward,最高级 most awkward)
- (弃用) 向后
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- 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)
- 不灵巧的,笨拙的,别扭的
- 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。
- 不善交际的,不善言谈的
- 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年8月26日,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)
- 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 2732890:
- 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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