身體動作的笨拙
這一支就是核心畫面本身：人在動的時候對不準。
physical clumsiness · adjective · C2
The quality of moving or doing things in a careless way, so that you drop things, knock into things, or break them.
笨拙
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a body that doesn't quite fit the space around it — elbows knocking cups over, feet catching on the doorframe. The movement lands in the wrong place.
一個「跟周圍空間對不太準」的身體：手肘一揮就撞倒杯子，腳一抬就勾到門檻，動作出去了，卻落在不該落的地方。不是故意的，…更多收起
一個「跟周圍空間對不太準」的身體：手肘一揮就撞倒杯子，腳一抬就勾到門檻，動作出去了，卻落在不該落的地方。不是故意的，也不是壞心，只是控制不好分寸——這個「沒對準、碰壞了東西」的畫面，後面幾個意思都從這裡長出來。Three branches
東西本身難用
把「對不準」從人身上移到物品身上：不是你笨，是這東西的形狀讓人拿不順。
unwieldy (object) · adjective · C2
The quality of an object that makes it hard to use, hold, or carry, often because it is large and heavy.
笨重
言行的不得體
再把畫面搬進人際場合：撞倒的不是杯子，是別人的感受。
tactlessness · adjective · C2
The quality of an action or statement that is done or said carelessly or badly, and is likely to upset someone.
不得體
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clumsinessnoun/ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/
- 1
A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
- He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
- "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。