gangling

英 ['gæŋglɪŋ] 美 ['ɡæŋɡlɪŋ]

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※ 提供单词"gangling"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

gangling 高瘦笨拙的

来自gang, 走。-le, 表反复。-ing, 动名词后缀。即摇摇晃晃地走，后形容高瘦笨拙。

gangling (adj.): "long and loose-jointed," by 1812, from Scottish and Northern English gang (v.) "to walk, go," which is a survival of Old English gangan, which is related to gang (n.). The form of the word is that of a present-participle adjective from a frequentative verb (as in fondling, trampling), but no intermediate forms are known. The sense extension would seem to be via some notion involving looseness in walking.
GANGLING. Tall, slender, delicate, generally applied to plants. Warw. [James O. Halliwell, "A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1846]

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1. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.: 他又瘦又高，动作笨拙难看，因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外号。

2. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.: 乔治尽管长得过高，走路姿势难看，但却热衷于跳舞。

4. For example, one compares flat and little space, unfavorable put gangling thing.: 例如, 一个比较扁而小的空间, 就不宜放瘦长之物.