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clumsy /'klAmzi; klAmzi/ adj (-ter, -iest) 1 heavy and ungraceful in movement or construction; not well designed for its purpose: (行动成构造) 笨拙的; 笨重的; 设计与用途不很符合的： The ~ workman put his elbow through the window and broke it. 那笨拙的工人把肘拐伸入窗子, 把它弄破了。 An axe would be a ~ tool to open a tin of jum with. 斧头用来开果酱罐头是一种不合用的工具。 2 tactless; unskilful: 不图滑的; 缺乏技巧的： a ~ apology/ forgery; 笨拙的辩解 (伪造); ~ praise. 不得体的赞扬。 clumsily /-zali; -zah/ adv ctumsiness n |