butterfingered
معنی فارسی
دست و پا چلفتي، بي دقت.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the words 'butter' and 'fingered', implying that one's fingers are slippery like butter. First known use in the 17th century.
مثال
- He's so butterfingered that he dropped the vase.
- You need to be careful with that, don't be butterfingered.
- The butterfingered waiter spilled the drinks.
ترکیبهای رایج
Butterfingered waiter Butterfingered thief Butterfingered catch
تعریف انگلیسی
adjective
- lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands “a bumbling mechanic” “a bungling performance” “ham-handed governmental interference” “could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse”