gangling
英 ['g??gl??]
美['ɡ??ɡl??]
- adj. 過分瘦長的；動作笨拙難看的
- v. 笨拙地移動（gangle的ing形式）
GRE
助記提示
gangly瘦長的。
gangling瘦長的。
gangling瘦長的。
中文詞源
gangling 高瘦笨拙的
來自gang, 走。-le, 表反復。-ing, 動名詞后綴。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]
雙語例句
- 1. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
- 他又瘦又高，動作笨拙難看，因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外號。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.
- 喬治盡管長得過高，走路姿勢難看，但卻熱衷于跳舞。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He is a gangling youth.
- 他是一個瘦長難看的年輕人。
來自辭典例句
- 4. For example, one compares flat and little space, unfavorable put gangling thing.
- 例如, 一個比較扁而小的空間, 就不宜放瘦長之物.
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