butterfingered

a. 东西容易从手中滑掉的, 不小心的

发音

UK /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/
其它
US /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚd/
US /-ɾɚ-/

词形变化

more butterfingered 比较级 most butterfingered 最高级

别名

butter-fingered

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Prone to dropping things; clumsy.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

left-handed bumbling heavy-handed bungling ham-fisted ham-handed handless

近义相关 1

maladroit

词源

From butter + fingered (“having fingers (of the specified kind)”), an allusion to people tending to drop things because their hands are so slippery that they seem to be covered in butter.

来源：wiktionary