| 释义 |
clunky, a. colloq. (orig. N. Amer.).
Brit. |ˈklʌŋki|, U.S. |ˈkləŋki|
Forms: 19– clunky, 19– klunky
[‹ klunk n. + -y suffix1.]
1. Stupid; inferior. Now rare.
This sense apparently now absorbed into sense 2.
1965My Three Sons (CBS-TV) in J. E. Lighter Hist. Dict. Amer. Slang (1994) I. 441, I can't ask Mary Lou to do a clunky thing like that. 1966Daily Mail 10 Feb. 8/8 There are laconic [U.S.] children's words like ‘clunky’, which means low grade and strong jazz words like ‘groovy’ and ‘chick’.
2. Awkward, clumsy, ungainly, esp. in design or function; spec. (freq. of shoes) solid, heavy, and somewhat inelegant.
1968C. Kirk & Z. Hanle Surfer's Handbk. i. 18 It may look clunkier because it's heavier and thicker. 1976Los Angeles Times 14 Nov. v. 20/2 All the identity was in the clunky shoe. 1984Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 55/2 Engines willing, flexible, smooth. Gears good, if a little clunky. 1989R. Kenan Visitation of Spirits (1996) 213 The dialogue was clunky and dull, and many of the historical facts were just plain wrong. 1993Sun Mag. (Baltimore) 15 Aug. 10 No rave boy would be complete without the standard Stussy baseball cap, an earring, clunky combat boots or old Pumas, and a backpack. 1998Computerworld (Electronic world) 25 Jan. Electric Paper could offer a more natural-feeling way to handle and store documents than a rigid, klunky laptop does.
Derivatives. clunkily adv.
1979Washington Post (Nexis) 14 May b1 The 350 objects *clunkily installed at the American Museum of Natural History, those saddening souvenirs, together tell us something we already know. 2001N.Y. Mag. 7 May 26 The surest sign that someone is a front-runner..comes when the others start attacking him, which Peter Vallone did clunkily last Wednesday during Green's crime-prevention speech. |
