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If someone is gawky, they move or behave in an awkward way. The picture in most people's heads is a tall, thin young person whose arms and legs seem a bit too long, who trips, who does not know what to do with their hands. It can describe the body, and it can also describe a shy, manner — standing in a room as if you do not belong there. It is a little old-fashioned in some places, but still common, and it is not a hard insult; it often sounds almost fond. Though actually, said to someone's face it can still hurt. Less often, people call a person a gawky, meaning a gawky person, but the adjective is the usual way.
笨拙的、手腳不協調的（常形容又高又瘦、還沒長開的年輕人）
原始詞典資料3 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。
gawkyadj/ˈɡɔːki/
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Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
- The “gawky” illustrations look as though they may have been done by Belva Jean herself (Bulletin, Mar. 1989).
- The woman had barely come up to Seth's shoulder. Petite with curly blonde hair and a dimpled smile. Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes. Just looking at the woman's picture had made her feel tall and gawky.
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Left-handed.
gawkynoun/ˈɡɔːki/
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An awkward, ungainly person.
- "[…] Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child's party. Don't you remember the catastrophe, Ma'am, seven years ago?" "Over Mrs. Flamingo's crimson silk gown," said good-natured Mrs. Sedley. "What a gawky it was! And his sisters are not much more graceful. Lady Dobbin was at Highbury last night with three of them. Such figures! my dears."
- Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.
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。