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gawky adj.愚鈍的,笨拙的,靦腆的。n.笨人,靦腆的人。n....

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To his left , back of the rows of citizens , was a spacious temporary platform upon which were seated the scholars who were to take part in the exercises of the evening ; rows of small boys , washed and dressed to an intolerable state of discomfort ; rows of gawky big boys ; snowbanks of girls and young ladies clad in lawn and muslin and conspicuously conscious of their bare arms , their grandmothers ancient trinkets , their bits of pink and blue ribbon and the flowers in their hair 一排排的小男孩被家長打扮得過了頭,個個被洗得干干凈凈,穿得整整,讓人覺得都有點不舒服。接著的是一排排大男孩,顯得有些靦腆和呆板。再瞧那些小女孩和大姑娘,她們一身素裝,潔白耀眼,個個穿著細麻軟布做的衣服,頭上插著許多裝飾品,有鮮花,有粉紅和藍色相間的發帶,還有老祖母傳下來的各種小裝飾物。

She slipped out of the side door , and took her way direct and a little sullen . when she came to the clearing she was terribly uneasy . but there he was again , in his shirt - sleeves , stooping , letting the hens out of the coops , among the chicks that were now growing a little gawky , but were much more trim than hen - chickens 她從旁門溜了出去,有時悶郁地直向目的地走去,當她來到林中那空曠地時,她覺得可怖地不安起來,但是他卻在那兒,穿著襯衣,蹲在雞籠前,把籠門打開了,讓母雞出來。

When lizzie s mom , dad , and annoying brother matt get wind of this , they all jet their way to the boot country . in the meantime , lizzie is transformed from a gawky teen to a beautiful pop star , gordo struggles to understand his true feelings for her , and a whirlwind of surprising events force lizzie to find the true meaning of friendship 美國少女lizzie mcguire與朋友gordo , kate ,和ethan到義大利求學,一到義大利, lizzie被誤認為是isabella ,義大利當紅組合的其中一位成員,之后搞笑事件一件接一件,當lizzie的父母兄弟到義大利看她時,她已經是當紅歌星了

She had a revulsion against the whole affair , and almost envied the guthrie girls their gawky inexperience and crude maidenliness . and she now dreaded the thought that anybody would know about herself and the keeper . how unspeakably humiliating 她對于這整個事情的情感劇變了,她差不多要羨慕加絲利姊妹倆的不諧世務和癡憨的少女天真了,現在,她生怕她和守獵人的事被人知道”那是多么不可言宣的屈辱!

It was the first major social occasion that diana attended as a young woman , and many of the royals were surprised at how beautiful and mature the once - gawky girl had become 這是她成年后參加的第一個大型社交活動,許多皇室成員對這個當初還是個粗笨難看的丫頭,現如今卻出落成如此成熟美麗的女人頗感驚訝。

There s a long gawky lass of a daughter training for a school - teacher , and i help her with her lessons sometimes , so we re quite the family 還有一位是他們的高大的傻女兒,她準備著將來做個小學教員,我有時幫她預備功課,所以我是儼然家庭一分子了。

One day he saw lincoln - - a tall , shambling man , long , bony , gawky , but tremendously impressive 有一天他看見林肯- -一個腳步踉踉的高個子,又瘦又長,笨手笨腳的,但是給人以極其深刻的印象。

I was like anybody else . a little gawky , unsure who i was 我是個傻瓜,我也不肯定我是誰