"long and loose-jointed," by 1812, from Scottish and Northern English gang (v.) "to walk, go," which is a survival of Old English gangan, which is related to gang (n.). The form of the word is that of a present-participle adjective from a frequentative verb (as in fondling, trampling), but no intermediate forms are known. The sense extension would seem to be via some notion involving looseness in walking.
GANGLING. Tall, slender, delicate, generally applied to plants. Warw. [James O. Halliwell, "A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words," 1846]
雙語例句
1. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
他又瘦又高，動作笨拙難看，因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外號。
來自柯林斯例句
2. George, despite his great height and gangling walk, was a keen dancer.
喬治盡管長得過高，走路姿勢難看，但卻熱衷于跳舞。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He is a gangling youth.
他是一個瘦長難看的年輕人。
來自辭典例句
4. For example, one compares flat and little space, unfavorable put gangling thing.