unwieldy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Lacking strength; weak. obsolete
  2. Ungraceful in movement. obsolete
  3. Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
    — She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
  4. Badly managed or operated.

词形变化

more unwieldy comparative unwieldier archaic,comparative most unwieldy superlative unwieldiest archaic,superlative unwieldly alternative,nonstandard,possibly,uncommon

词汇关系

衍生词
unwieldiness

词源

From Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), whence Middle High German unwaltic, German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”).
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