英语词汇“gormless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gormless

/ˈɡɔːmləs

adjective British informal

Lacking sense or initiative; foolish: a constantly grinning, rather gormless boy...

Of course when our hero arrives at the abandoned post-office, waiting for him will be an old man and a gormless boy.
To academic historians they were ‘mere entertainment’ - just mindless pap for gormless morons.
And to top it all off, we end up with a gormless and ridiculous gaze into the sunset.

Derivatives

gormlessly

adverb ...

So look, I'm not making excuses or anything, but if it takes me a couple of seconds of staring at you gormlessly when we meet, it's not because I'm seven shades of stupid.
The report prattles on gormlessly.
It doesn't take a market analyst to surmise that our beer industry is in crisis and staring gormlessly at the bottom of an empty pint glass over what to do about it.

gormlessness

noun ...

I try to combat my natural gormlessness by writing to-do lists and by obsessive-compulsive multiple-checking rituals.
Laurie was particularly effective at capturing Bertie's distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness.
Whatever the reason, the effect was one of utter gormlessness.

Origin

Mid 18th century (originally as gaumless): from dialect gaum 'understanding' (from Old Norse gaumr 'care, heed') + -less.

The original spelling was gaumless formed from dialect gaum ‘understanding’, from Old Norse gaumr ‘care, heed’.

单词	gormless
释义	gormless /ˈɡɔːmləs / adjective British informal Lacking sense or initiative; foolish: a constantly grinning, rather gormless boy... Of course when our hero arrives at the abandoned post-office, waiting for him will be an old man and a gormless boy. To academic historians they were ‘mere entertainment’ - just mindless pap for gormless morons. And to top it all off, we end up with a gormless and ridiculous gaze into the sunset. Derivatives gormlessly adverb ... So look, I'm not making excuses or anything, but if it takes me a couple of seconds of staring at you gormlessly when we meet, it's not because I'm seven shades of stupid. The report prattles on gormlessly. It doesn't take a market analyst to surmise that our beer industry is in crisis and staring gormlessly at the bottom of an empty pint glass over what to do about it. gormlessness noun ... I try to combat my natural gormlessness by writing to-do lists and by obsessive-compulsive multiple-checking rituals. Laurie was particularly effective at capturing Bertie's distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness. Whatever the reason, the effect was one of utter gormlessness. Origin Mid 18th century (originally as gaumless): from dialect gaum 'understanding' (from Old Norse gaumr 'care, heed') + -less. The original spelling was gaumless formed from dialect gaum ‘understanding’, from Old Norse gaumr ‘care, heed’.
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