gangling
英 ['g??gl??]
美['ɡ??ɡl??]
- adj. 過(guò)分瘦長(zhǎng)的；動(dòng)作笨拙難看的
- v. 笨拙地移動(dòng)（gangle的ing形式）
GRE
助記提示
gangly瘦長(zhǎng)的。
gangling瘦長(zhǎng)的。
gangling瘦長(zhǎng)的。
中文詞源
gangling 高瘦笨拙的
來(lái)自gang, 走。-le, 表反復(fù)。-ing, 動(dòng)名詞后綴。即搖搖晃晃地走，后形容高瘦笨拙。
英文詞源
- gangling (adj.)
- "long and loose-jointed," by 1812, from Scottish and Northern English gang (v.) "to walk, go," which is a survival of Old English gangan, which is related to gang (n.). The form of the word is that of a present-participle adjective from a frequentative verb (as in fondling, trampling), but no intermediate forms are known. The sense extension would seem to be via some notion involving looseness in walking.
GANGLING. Tall, slender, delicate, generally applied to plants. Warw. [James O. Halliwell, "A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1846]
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
- 他又瘦又高，動(dòng)作笨拙難看，因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外號(hào)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.
- 喬治盡管長(zhǎng)得過(guò)高，走路姿勢(shì)難看，但卻熱衷于跳舞。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is a gangling youth.
- 他是一個(gè)瘦長(zhǎng)難看的年輕人。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. For example, one compares flat and little space, unfavorable put gangling thing.
- 例如, 一個(gè)比較扁而小的空間, 就不宜放瘦長(zhǎng)之物.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)