butterfingered

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd/    美 /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚd/|[-ɾɚ-]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Prone to dropping things; clumsy.
    — [S]hee [a housewife] muſt be cleanly both in body and garments, ſhe muſt haue a quicke eye, a curious noſe, a perfect taſte and a ready care (ſhe muſt not be butter fingered, ſweet-toothed, nor faint hearted); for, the firſt will let euery thing fall, the ſecond will conſume what it ſhould increaſe, and the laſt will looſe time with too much niceneſſe.

词形变化

more butterfingered comparative most butterfingered superlative butter-fingered alternative

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.
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