clunky

英 [ˈklʌŋki]

美 [ˈklʌŋki]

adj.  笨重的

COCA.19809

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨重的
  heavy and awkward
  1. clunky leather shoes
     笨重的皮鞋

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 粗笨的;笨重的
  If you describe something asclunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
  1. ...a clunky piece of architecture.
     粗陋难看的建筑

英英释义

adj

• making a clunking sound
• lacking grace in movement or posture
  1. a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
  2. clumsy fingers
  3. what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
  4. heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
  Synonym:gawkyclumsyungainlyunwieldy

双语例句

• XML is hierarchical, and modeling ( and querying) graph structures in relational databases is clunky.
  XML是层次化的，在关系数据库中建模（和查询）图结构非常困难。
• Slightly clunky, but on the right track.
  这话稍稍有些繁冗，但方向是对的。
• You see, unlike our clunky earthbound forms of construction.
  你看，比起地球上使用的笨拙建筑方式。
• In either case, it is clear that an Ajax app can look like more than a1997 HTML form, with big gray Submit Form buttons and clunky "border= 1" decorations.
  不管何种情况，有一点很清楚，即Ajax应用程序能够看起来比1997年的HTML表单要好很多，那时的表单只有大的灰色的SubmitForm按钮和沉闷的“border=1”装饰。
• This is using mature technology in a clunky way, but it is still mature technology.
  这是用笨方法使用成熟的技术，但仍不失为一种成熟的技术。
• Prior versions of Drupal had a clunky ordering and placement interface, but this new option is much more efficient and direct.
  以前版本的Drupal的排序和放置界面比较笨拙，而这个新选项更加高效。
• The design may sound clunky, but it looks slick.
  这种设计听起来有些笨拙，但看起来却非常精巧。
• E-mail is clunky to use, and there's no dedicated headset jack for listening to music or making wired calls.
  电子邮件是笨重的使用，而且也没有听音乐或有线电话专用耳机插孔。
• Foreign investors have viewed India's court system, while clunky, as relatively reliable and independent.
  一直以来在境外投资者眼中，印度的法院系统虽然效率低下，但还算相对可靠且独立。
• The user interface looked clunky and every simple change was taking a longtime.
  用户界面很起来毫无生气，每次简单的改变都要花很长时间。