| 单词 | unwieldy |
| 释义 | unwieldy (once / 3143 pages) adj If you see an unwieldy person coming down the aisle of the bus with an unwieldy box, you may want to step aside because that's a double dose of clumsy. It's an awkward person carrying a box that is difficult to manage. Something that is wieldy is easy to control or handle, so something unwieldy is not. However, the un- form of the word is much more common. The base word wieldy has its roots in Old English, meaning "to handle or control" — used usually in reference to a weapon. You would not want an unwieldy person attempting to wield an unwieldy sword! WORD FAMILYunwieldy: unwieldily, unwieldiness+/wieldy: unwieldy USAGE EXAMPLESHis group is suing the state over the unwieldy shape of six state Senate and five state House of Delegates districts. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Or Congress should undertake the reforms: After all, Congress created this unwieldy and unaccountable system. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Lasky changes her unwieldy Teutonic birth name, and suddenly she is transmogrified by this Hollywood god into Mary Astor. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter almost dropped the unwieldy parcel Syn|Ant unmanageable awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape cumbersome, cumbrousdifficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight wieldy easy to handle or use or manage 2adj lacking grace in movement or posture heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair Syn clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly awkward lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance 3adj difficult to work or manipulate unwieldy rules and regulations Syn impractical not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters |
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