gauche

• 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

来自PIE*weng, 弯，转，词源同winch, wind. 引申义偏离，笨拙。

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.)).

1. We're all a bit gauche when we're young.

年轻的时候我们都有点放不开。

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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.

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4. He now seems gauche and uninteresting.

他显得又笨拙又古板.

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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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