Gauche
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 笨拙的, 不会社交的
- ［英］ adj. 笨拙的, 不会社交的 ( lacking grace; awkward; tactless)
- ［类］ 反义词: polished ( 优雅)
- ［例］ He is tongue-tied and gauche.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective (sometimes gaucher; sometimes gauchest)
- Etymology: French, literally, left
- Date: 1751
- 1.
- a. lacking social experience or grace; also not tactful ; crude <it would be gauche to mention the subject>
- b. crudely made or done <a gauche turn of phrase>
- 2. not planar <gauche conformation of molecules>
- Synonyms: see awkward
- ? gauchely adverb
- ? gaucheness noun
