"awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon, Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)).
实用例句
1. We're all a bit gauche when we're young.
年轻的时候我们都有点放不开。
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2. She was a rather gauche, provincial creature.
她是个非常不善交际、偏狭守旧的人。
来自辞典例句
3. I find him terribly gauche.
我认为他太不圆通了.
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4. He now seems gauche and uninteresting.
他显得又笨拙又古板.
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5. Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche.
