butterfingers

FREQ #44212

n. 容易掉球的人, 手脚笨拙的人

发音

UK /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/
其它
US /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/
AU
US /-ɾɚ-/

别名

butter fingers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.

    习语 非正式

    I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today.

  2. 2.

    One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.

    习语 非正式
  3. 3.

    A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.

    习语 非正式

词源

From butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered.

来源：wiktionary