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单词 gauche
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gauche /goʊʃ/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. lacking social grace;
    awkward;
    tactless:a gauche remark.
gauche•ly, adv. 
gauche•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gauche  (gōsh),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness;
    awkward;
    crude;
    tactless:Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
  • Gmc
  • French: awkward, left; Middle French, derivative of gauchir to turn, veer
  • 1745–55
gauchely, adv. 
gaucheness, n. 
    inept, clumsy, maladroit; coarse, gross, uncouth.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
gauche /ɡəʊʃ/ adj
  1. lacking ease of manner; tactless
Etymology: 18th Century: French: awkward, left, from Old French gauchir to swerve, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to Old High German wankōn to stagger

ˈgauchely adv ˈgaucheness n
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