awkwardness
英 ['ɔːkwədnəs]
美
- n. 尴尬；笨拙
英英释意
- 1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- 2. the quality of an embarrassing situation;
- "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
- 3. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- 4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- 5. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape;
- "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"