人的動作不聽使喚
這一支就是核心畫面本身：笨拙住在做動作的那個人身上。
clumsy, careless · adjective · B2
Moving or doing things in a careless way, so that you often drop things, knock into things, or break them.
笨手笨腳的
核心畫面
A picture you can hold: a body that doesn't quite land where it means to. The hand reaches for the glass and knocks it over; the elbow catches the shelf on the way past; the foot finds the step that wasn't there. Nothing is done on purpose and nothing is done with skill — there is simply a gap between the movement intended and the movement that happens, and things get dropped, bumped, and broken in that gap.
一個身體總是落不到它想去的位置。手伸向杯子卻把它撞倒，手肘經過架子時勾到東西，腳踩到一階不存在的樓梯。沒有惡意，也談…更多收起
一個身體總是落不到它想去的位置。手伸向杯子卻把它撞倒，手肘經過架子時勾到東西，腳踩到一階不存在的樓梯。沒有惡意，也談不上技巧——就只是「想做的動作」和「實際做出的動作」之間有一道縫，而東西就在這道縫裡被碰掉、撞歪、摔破。這種笨拙不需要嚴重，它多半是日常的、有點好笑的、令人不好意思的。Three branches
東西本身難操控
同一道「做不順」的縫，只是責任換了邊：不是使用者笨，而是東西本身逼著人動作變笨。
unwieldy, awkward · adjective · B2
A clumsy thing is not easy to use, hold, or carry, and is often big and heavy.
笨重的；不好用的
說話做事不得體
把身體的笨拙搬到社交場合：缺的不再是手腳的協調，而是分寸感，而打破的東西也從杯子換成了別人的感受。
tactless, careless (action) · adjective · B2
A clumsy action or statement is done or said carelessly or badly, and is likely to upset the person it is aimed at.
笨拙的；不得體的
原始詞典資料4 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。
clumsyadj/ˈklʌmzi/
- 1
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- 2
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- What a clumsy joke
- 3
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
clumsynoun/ˈklʌmzi/
- 1
informalA clumsy person.
- On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.
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。