awkwardness

名词，表示动作或表现不熟练、不灵活的状态，也表示场面令人不自在、尴尬的感觉。

💡 记忆钩子

把它想成一件穿着不合身的衣服：做事时手脚不顺、显得笨拙，是一种awkwardness；人与人相处时气氛也像衣服卡住一样不自然、令人尴尬，同样可以叫awkwardness。

📝 学习建议

不要只把awkwardness记成“尴尬”；先掌握“笨拙、不熟练”这一层，再扩展到“场面不自在”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 笨拙；不熟练

📖 指动作、表现或做事方式不灵活、不熟练，因而显得笨手笨脚；核心是“做起来不顺手”。

💡 常用“awkwardness in + 活动或技能”或“某人的awkwardness”来说明不熟练出现在哪里。这个用法通常不可数，常见于描述学习新技能、行动举止或社交表现；不要误解为单纯的害羞。可用来描述一时表现，也可描述较持久的缺乏技巧。

uncountable usually

Her awkwardness in handling the equipment was obvious.

她操作这套设备时的笨拙显而易见。

With practice, his awkwardness gradually disappeared.

经过练习，他的笨拙逐渐消失了。
core 尴尬；不自在

📖 指某种情境或互动让人感到不自然、难以应对，重点不在动作笨拙，而在场面的气氛像“卡住了”。

💡 常用“the awkwardness of + 情境”或“awkwardness between + 人”来指出尴尬来自哪里。这个用法通常不可数，常用于谈论沉默、误会或关系紧张的场面；不要只把它理解为某个人感到害羞，因为它也可以指整个场面的不自在。

uncountable usually

The awkwardness of the silence made everyone look at their phones.

这段尴尬的沉默让每个人都低头看手机。

awkwardnesses plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape

同义词集: awkwardness cumbersomeness unwieldiness

the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano

上位: inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment

the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

同义词集: awkwardness clumsiness gracelessness stiffness

the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

同义词集: awkwardness clumsiness

上位: bearing, carriage, posture 下位: stiffness

the quality of an embarrassing situation

同义词集: awkwardness nuisance value

he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal

上位: disadvantage

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

同义词集: awkwardness clumsiness ineptness ineptitude maladroitness slowness

🌳 词源

由形容词awkward加名词后缀-ness构成。

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos Proto-Germanic *abuhaz Old Norse ǫfugrder. Middle English awke English awk Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English awkward Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English awkwardness From awkward + -ness.

🔄 变式

awkwardnesses plural

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