clumsy
معنی فارسی
زشت بدترکيب بي لطافت ناهنجار نتراشيده
معنی کامل و مثالها
/klum´zē/adj.
● دست و پا چلفتی، چلفتی، شلخته، لش، سر به هوا
Zaynab was a clumsy housemaid
زینب، کلفت دست و پا چلفتی بود.
● بد ساخت، بد ترکیب، بیقواره، ناهنجار، زشت، حاکی از ناشیگری یا بد سلیقگی
a clumsy design
طرح بد قواره
the meeting had been arranged clumsily
گردهمایی به طور ناجوری ترتیب یافته بود.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English 'clumsed' (numbed with cold), probably from a Scandinavian source.
مثال
- He is a clumsy dancer.
- The clumsy wording of the letter confused us.
- She made a clumsy attempt to hide the evidence.
ترکیبهای رایج
clumsy attempt clumsy dancer clumsy operation clumsy handling
تعریف انگلیسی
- lacking grace in movement or posture “a gawky lad with long ungainly legs” “clumsy fingers” “what an ungainly creature a giraffe is” “heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair”
- 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?”
- showing lack of skill or aptitude “a bungling workman” “did a clumsy job” “his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”
- 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”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Unwieldy, ponderous, heavy, lumbering, ill shaped, ill made.
2. Awkward, unhandy, bungling, blundering, maladroit, inapt, unskilful, without dexterity.