awkward
英 ['ɔːkwəd]
美['ɔkwɚd]
- adj. 尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的
英英释意
- 1. causing inconvenience;
- "they arrived at an awkward time"
- 2. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance;
- "an awkward dancer"
- "an awkward gesture"
- "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"
- "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
- 3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
- "an awkward bundle to carry"
- "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
- "clumsy wooden shoes"
- "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
- 4. not elegant or graceful in expression;
- "an awkward prose style"
- "a clumsy apology"
- "his cumbersome writing style"
- "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
- 5. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
- "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
- "an awkward pause followed his remark"
- "a sticky question"
- "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
- 6. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner;
- "awkward and reserved at parties"
- "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"
- "was always uneasy with strangers"
