ungainly

adj.

1. 笨手笨脚的；（举止）不雅观的，难看的
   moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
   1. He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
      他是个个子高而笨拙的18岁小伙子。

1. ADJ-GRADED （人、兽、车船）笨拙的，难看的
   If you describe a person, animal, or vehicle as ungainly, you mean that they look awkward or clumsy, often because they are big.
   1. The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road...
      那只丑陋的杂种幼犬在马路上到处乱跑。
   2. Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
      保罗笨拙地游到池子边。

1. The dog, an ungainly mongrel pup, was loping about the road
   那只丑陋的杂种幼犬在马路上到处乱跑。
2. Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
   保罗笨拙地游到池子边。
3. It is often an ungainly, comic endeavour.
   那往往是一种笨拙可笑的尝试。
4. The next piece of business was to find a name for this ungainly creation.
   下一步就是为这个不受待见的产品起个名字了。
5. The first two arguments to this rather ungainly call specify the namespace and name of the type we're adding a property to& in this case, NAMESPACE: Name.
   该调用看上去相当复杂，前两个参数指定了我们将为之添加属性的类型的名称空间和名称&在本例中为NAMESPACE：Name。
6. LTE smartphones are often ungainly due to the hefty electronics needed to support it. Apple, famous for its sleek design, could have none of that.
   但由于LTE芯片比较庞大，所以LTE智能手机常常显得很笨拙，但这当然不会出现在以时尚设计著称的苹果身上。
7. He had pitched, as I have said, against the bulwarks, where he lay like some horrible, ungainly sort of puppet;
   我刚才已经说过，他滑到了舷樯旁，像个可怕而丑恶的傀儡一样躺在那里。
8. On land the turtle is ungainly, but in the water it is very agile.
   龟在陆地上行动笨拙，在水里则很灵活。
9. But he tends to regard me as an ungainly, trouble causing nuisance.
   但是他却想把我看作是个一无是处、惹事生非的讨厌货。
10. Moving house does make one feel ungainly and I simply don't want to be observed in this exposed state.
    搬家会让人感到手忙脚乱，我就是不希望别人看到我这种状态。
11. Turned outward in an ungainly manner.
    以难看的样子向外翻转。
12. The poems rhyme too determinedly, ungainly as pairs tied together in a three-legged race.
    这些诗的韵脚硬绑绑的，象两人各把一条腿绑在一起参加三腿竞走那样笨拙。
13. The tall man wobbled along ungainly.
    这高大的男子笨拙地摇晃着向前行进。
14. Turned outward in an ungainly manner. an atom consists of a nucleus around which electrons move.
    以难看的样子向外翻转。原子有一个原子核，外面有电子围绕它旋转。
15. It's not quite the Lake District but the countryside's very pretty. The person of this individual was to the last degree ungainly without being in any particular manner deformed.
    这儿虽说比不上湖区，但郊外的景色倒也十分漂亮.此人的模样，虽说并没有特别的畸型残缺之处，但看上去极不匀称。
16. On land, they're ungainly, but when they find the right conditions
    在陆地，他们很笨拙，但是当他们找到合适的条件
17. He walked in long ungainly strides.
    他迈着笨拙的大步子行走。
18. He is as ungainly as a new born calf.
    他的姿态就象一头初生的牛犊那样笨拙。
19. Through the crowd of ungainly, shabbily dressed actors, Sibyl vane moved like a creature from a finer world.
    茜比尔？范在一群其貌不扬，衣着寒酸的演员之间跳着，象一个从哪个美好的世界来的生灵。
20. Why are some of the greatest thinkers being expelled from their disciplines? because they are too ungainly or too out of date, Hegel, Marx, and Freud succumb to an academic makeover.
    为什么一些最伟大的思想家从各自的学科中被赶出去了？作者认为，可能他们太晦涩难解或者太过时而被赶出自身的领域，屈服于学术界的翻新改造。
21. If, on the other hand, America found and followed a native line, the results were bound to be ungainly. Not all accumulations of hydrocarbons are necessarily the result of hydrodynamics.
    如若美国另辟蹊径，其结果必然流于粗俗。并不是所有烃类的储集都必然是水动力的结果。
22. A large or ungainly automobile.
    大汽车巨大的或笨拙的汽车。
23. To date, sports bras have largely been ungainly, with all the functional trappings of a maternity bra and little more in the way of stylish design.
    此前，运动胸衣总的来说不太优雅，有母性胸衣的种种功能性装饰，却缺少时髦的设计。
24. I thought him terribly ungainly when he danced.
    我觉得他跳舞时显得极其笨拙。
25. The ungainly movements of ducks out of water
    鸭子出水的笨拙动作

adj

1. lacking grace in movement or posture
   1. a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
   2. clumsy fingers
   3. what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
   4. heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair

   Synonym:    gawkyclumsyclunkyunwieldy

2. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
   1. an awkward bundle to carry
   2. a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
   3. clumsy wooden shoes
   4. the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl

   Synonym:    awkwardbunglesomeclumsy