butterfingers

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/    美 /ˈbʌtɚˌfɪŋɡɚz/|[-ɾɚ-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. idiomatic,informal
    — I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today.
  2. One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic,informal
    — “I guess everyone’s got butterfingers around here,” Cole said with a sly smile. “Lucky for us, I’ve got fast reflexes.”
  3. A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated. idiomatic,informal

词形变化

butterfingers plural butter fingers alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
butterfinger
相关词
butterfingered

词源

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