clanger

noun

1. 明显且令人难堪的错误
   an obvious and embarrassing mistake
   1. Mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of a clanger.
      提及她的前夫是有点令人难堪的失言。
   2. He was always dropping clangers (= making embarrassing mistakes or remarks) .
      他总是出岔子，令人十分尴尬。

1. 蠢事;失言;失礼;尴尬的错误
   You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger .

1. But former Labour Home Secretary John Reid dropped a clanger when he said those who have not yet made up their minds should not vote.
   前工党内政大臣约翰里德之前曾当众失言，声称无法做出决定的人就不应该去投票。
2. You dropped a clanger by talking about her old boyfriend in front of her husband!
   你说错话了，竟然在她丈夫面前提起她以前的男朋友。
3. I dropped a clanger by asking Tom how his dog was when it's been dead three months.
   我哪壶不开提那壶，问汤姆他的狗好吗，而它已经死了三个月了。
4. Chloe: Well he was best man at his friend's, John's, wedding yesterday and he dropped a real clanger in his best man's speech.
   克洛伊：他昨天出席朋友约翰的婚礼，做男傧相，致词时严重失言。
5. He admitted he might have dropped his first managerial clanger.
   他承认自己可能在管理上出了第一个岔子。
6. She dropped a clanger when she mentioned the broken window.
   她提到打碎的窗子时说得真不是时候。
7. The secretary dropped a clanger when she mentioned the cancel of the order to her boss who had just had a quarrel with his girlfriend.
   老板刚和女朋友吵了一架，所以秘书提到取消订货单的事，说得真不是时候。

  blunder boob botch clanger error fallacy fault guilt mistake【导航词义：错误】

  blunder n. 大错

〔辨析〕指由于愚蠢或疏忽大意等造成的错误。

  boob n. 〈英，非正式〉错误，过失

〔辨析〕指因愚蠢的行为犯下的过错。

  botch n. 〈非正式，尤英〉拙劣的工作

〔辨析〕主要指干得拙劣、一塌糊涂的活儿。

  clanger n. 〈英，非正式〉失言；失礼；尴尬的错误

〔辨析〕指愚蠢的或令人难堪的过错。

  error n. 错误，谬误

〔辨析〕可指任何错误，包括笔误、印刷错误或计算错误，常可与 mistake 换用。

  fallacy n. 谬论，谬见

〔辨析〕尤指很多人持有的错误观点或想法。

  fault n. 缺点； 过错

〔辨析〕表示“缺点，毛病”时为可数名词；表示“过失，过错”时为不可数名词。

  guilt n. 责任，罪责

〔辨析〕指对发生的坏事负有的责任。

  mistake n. 错误，过失

〔辨析〕指行为、看法、言辞等方面的错误。

noun

1. a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate
   1. he dropped a clanger