gauche

英 [gəʊʃ] 美[ɡoʃ]
  • 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

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名词: gaucheness;

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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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