ungainly
adjective /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/
/ʌnˈɡeɪnli/
- moving in a way that is not smooth or attractive
笨手笨脚的；（举止）不雅观的，难看的 - He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
他是个个子高而笨拙的 18 岁小伙子。 - I felt very ungainly in the diving suit.
我觉得穿着潜水服很难看。
Collocations DictionaryUngainly is used with these nouns:- walk
词源mid 17th cent.: from un- ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’. - He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.