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gangling

adjective
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡlɪŋ/
(also gangly
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡli/
🔊/ˈɡæŋɡli/
)
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  1. (of a person人) tall, thin and not moving in an easy way 又高又瘦且动作笨拙的synonym lanky
    • a gangling youth/adolescent高瘦而笨拙的青年／青少年
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGangling is used with these nouns:
    • youth
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from the verb gang ‘go’ + -le + -ing.