awkward
英 ['??kw?d]
美 ['?kw?d]
助記提示
【記】音：坳口，讀起來很坳口，就是笨拙不好說；
2. 諧音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+?ward(word)----拗口的詞-?說起來很笨拙
中文詞源
awkward 笨拙的awk-,錯誤方向，-ward,朝向。引申詞義笨拙的。
英文詞源
- awkward
- awkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘perverse’, and with the addition of the suffix -ward this became awkward. Awk itself was adopted from Old Norse afugr, which is related to German ab ‘a(chǎn)way’ and English off. Awkward followed a similar semantic path to awk, via ‘perverse, illadapted’ to ‘clumsy’.
=> off - awkward (adj.)
- mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.
雙語例句
- 1. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments.
- 不幸的是，奶奶好像總是醒來的不是時候。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
- 亞歷山德拉穿著那身過時的衣裳，顯得臃腫笨拙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I'm always being told off for being so awkward.
- 我笨手笨腳的，總挨訓(xùn)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She's got to an age where she is being awkward.
- 她到了難相處的年齡。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.
- 它雖然小，但很重，不便攜帶。
來自柯林斯例句