gauche
英 [g???]
美[ɡo?]
- adj. 笨拙的；粗鲁的；不善交际的；偏转的
- n. (Gauche)人名；(法)戈什；(西)高切
GRE扩展词汇
词态变化
名词:?gaucheness;
助记提示
gauche?粗鲁的?——狗屎
中文词源
gauche 笨拙的
来自PIE*weng, 弯，转，词源同winch, wind. 引申义偏离，笨拙。
英文词源
- gauche (adj.)
- "awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon, Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. We're all a bit gauche when we're young.
- 年轻的时候我们都有点放不开。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a rather gauche, provincial creature.
- 她是个非常不善交际、偏狭守旧的人。
来自辞典例句
- 3. I find him terribly gauche.
- 我认为他太不圆通了.
来自辞典例句
- 4. He now seems gauche and uninteresting.
- 他显得又笨拙又古板.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche.
- 他们优雅的举止总是让我感到自己很笨拙.
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