"awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon, Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)).
例文
1. We 're all a bit gauche when we 're young.
若い頃は私たちは少し手放せなかった。
2.She was a rather gauche ,provincial creature.
彼女は非常に社交的ではなく、偏狭で守旧的な人だ。
3.I find him terribly gauche .
彼はあまりにも融通が利かないと思います。
4.He now seems gauche and uninteresting.
彼は不器用で古風に見える。
5.Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche .