awkward

【记】音：坳口，读起来很坳口，就是笨拙不好说；
2. 谐音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+ ward(word)----拗口的词- 说起来很笨拙

awkward 笨拙的

awk-,错误方向，-ward,朝向。引申词义笨拙的。

awkward

awkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘perverse’, and with the addition of the suffix -ward this became awkward. Awk itself was adopted from Old Norse afugr, which is related to German ab ‘away’ and English off. Awkward followed a similar semantic path to awk, via ‘perverse, illadapted’ to ‘clumsy’.
=> off

awkward (adj.)

mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.

1. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments.

不幸的是，奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。

2. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.

亚历山德拉穿着那身过时的衣裳，显得臃肿笨拙。

3. I'm always being told off for being so awkward.

我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。

4. She's got to an age where she is being awkward.

她到了难相处的年龄。

5. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.

它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。

【sensible, conscious, awkward, aware, clumsy】
这组词都有“笨拙的”的意思，其区别是：
sensible: 侧重通过直觉或理性感觉意识到某物的存在。 awkward, clumsy
conscious: 指内心的感觉，强调深刻的心理活动。
awkward: 侧重缺乏优雅、机敏和技巧。用于物时，指使用不便。
aware: 强调通过耳闻目睹或感觉而得到的信息，也指敏税的观察和推断。侧重感知，多与of一起用。
clumsy: 指人时，侧重行动笨拙；指物时，侧重制作粗陋或体积、重量过大而呈现笨重。