单词 CLUMSY的词源
(In obsolete sense: benumbed with cold; hence, awkward): perhaps from C13 dialect clumse to benumb, probably from Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect klumsig numb.
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If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
I was a dork. I'm still kind of goofy and clumsy and not always the most graceful person.
I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment.
When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.
What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics.
I am clumsy, a late and nervous driver, and despise all sports except a little gentle dancing or yoga.
A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.
I suppose I am one of life's naturally clumsy people; I don't drop stuff all the time, or break things, but I'm just generally a bit flustered.
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Clumsy is Jeffrey Brown's debut work Clumsy is the bittersweet story of a year long, long distance relationship, told through snippets of everyday life, drawn in a simple and elegantly awkward style that heightens the emotional impact and ...
She bumps into things, knocks things over, and even breaks things. The other animals on the farm keep out of her way, until one day her clumsiness helps them. This series covers a range of genres to support literary requirements of KS1.
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Clumsy Floodplains: Responsive Land Policy for Extreme Floods
Taking an innovative, interdisciplinary approach, this book proposes a new concept – Large Areas for Temporary Emergency Retention (LATER) – in 'Clumsy Floodplains', as an alternative to levee-based protection.
A collection of autobiographical comics that document the author's long-distance relationship with a woman named Theresa over the course of a year.
Poetry. "Claire Bateman's speakers are experts in failure, and they often know how silly they look from a cautious pragmatic perspective.
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How to Help a
Clumsy Child: Strategies for Young Children ...
'The book is user-friendly and includes clear diagrams in each section, along with tables to outline key points.
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Clumsy Encounter: Dyspraxia and Drawing
This book aims to explore this complexity and disrupt approaches that might seek to rationalise and compartmentalise educational experience.
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Stumbling Into Grace: Confessions of a Sometimes Spiritually ...
Part diary, part devotional, Stumbling Into Grace weaves hilarious and poignant stories from Lisa’s own life with intimate and transformational encounters from the life of Christ.
Nipper the crab hates his huge, clumsy claws until his friend Octopus gets tangled up in some seaweed and only Nipper can free him.
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Clumsy Child Syndromes: Descriptions, Evaluation, and ...
Tackling the pervasive problem of motor awkwardness in children, this book illuminates contemporary developmental difficulties, including those caused by maternal drug use.
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Do 3D movies make us clumsy?
3D can make movies more exciting, but some viewers report eye strain and visual fatigue, and a number of 3D-capable televisions warn ... «Science /AAAS, 七月 15»
6 Hiring Lessons from the NBA Lakers' Clumsy Recruiting Efforts
CEO, best-selling author, created Performance-based Hiring. Recent book: The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired. «Pulse, 七月 15»
A Detailed Look at Hacking Team's Emails About Its Repressive …
Daniele Milan, Hacking Team's operations chief, weighed in favor of closing the account, saying that INSA's “reckless and clumsy usage of our ... «The Intercept - First Look Media, 七月 15»
A Regulatory Upgrade for Electronic Trading
This too is a clumsy way for policy makers to develop an accurate picture of the liquidity in markets that are, in many cases, fast-moving. «Wall Street Journal, 七月 15»
Man Booker International and Independent foreign fiction prizes …
... and such a novel is a great masterpiece in its original language and then trying to plough your way through a leaden, clumsy English version. «The Guardian, 七月 15»
10 Similarities Between Swimmers and Sharks #SharkWeek
Swimmers are notoriously clumsy on land and, in most cases, are better off sticking to water-based action. One simple look at Ryan Lochte's ... «SwimSwam, 七月 15»
Corker and Congress' Clumsy Meddling on Iran
The U.S. shouldn't rush to finish a nuclear deal with Iran simply to meet a deadline that would allow a shorter congressional review period, said ... «Bayoubuzz, 七月 15»
Vine: Kaka gets soft red card for essentially being too clumsy
Kaka was given his marching orders in rather unusual fashion during Orlando City's 1-1 draw with Real Salt Lake at the weekend. The AC ... «SportsJOE, 七月 15»
Clumsy errors, missing starters lead to Reds downfall vs. Galaxy
It is impossible to beat the defending champs when you commit clumsy errors at the beginning of both halves. Missing four starters due to this ... «Toronto Sun, 七月 15»
Dance, dance and dance some more to the Clumsy Lovers at Alive …
The Clumsy Lovers have brought what they call their “mix of fiddle-and-banjo-fueled, bluegrassified Celtic rock” to North American audiences ... «Helena Independent Record, 七月 15»
