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When someone does something gormlessly, they do it as if their head is empty. They may stand there, stare, miss what is going on, or move as if they have no plan at all. It is not “stupid” in a sharp, nasty way; it is vacant — no spark, no clue. People in Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand use it; Americans almost never do. It is informal, and it can sting, though people also say it with a laugh about a friend who is being slow. You will hear the adjective gormless more often; this -ly form tells you how they look or act. Older speakers still use it a lot, but it is not dead.
呆呆地;一臉茫然地(英式口語,不是「很笨」那種罵法,比較像完全沒回神)
組成gormless + -ly. From the adjective gormless (without “gorm”, an old northern word for sense or understanding) plus the adverb ending -ly.
同家族的字
- gormlessthe adjective; this is the how-they-act form of the same word
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。
gormlesslyadv
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In a gormless manner.
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。