汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 笨手笨脚
笨手笨脚 (笨手笨腳)
clumsy / all thumbs
形容动作不灵活或手脚不灵巧。
bèn shǒu () jiǎo/jué
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我弄洒了你的咖啡。对不起,我真是笨手笨脚的。

I spilt your coffee. Sorry—that was clumsy of me.

他正笨手笨脚地试图抓住艾尔弗雷德的手臂。

He was clumsily trying to grab at Alfred's arms.

我摸索着走进那间黑乎乎的屋子里,笨手笨脚地摸着床。

I groped into the dark room and fumbled for the bed.

笨手笨脚地摸索仁背包上的带子,然后开始翻找里面的东西。

It fumbled with the straps on Hitoshi's pack and started rummaging through the contents.

你们所说的就是这样一个上帝一个乡巴佬,一个笨手笨脚、呆头呆脑、自高自大、毫无修养的土包子。

That's the kind of god you people talk about a country bumpkin, a clumsy, brainless, conceited, uncouth hayseed.

噢,我知道了,butter是黄油,fingers是手指,butterfingers就好像手上抹黄油,油腻腻的抓不住东西。 也就是指那些笨手笨脚,经常会把东西掉在地上的人。

LL: A butterfingers is someone who is clumsy and tends to drop things.

如果我们让每一个笨手笨脚的人都跳进乐池,或在歌剧舞台上腾跳,或与毕加索一起泼洒涂料,我们可能会造就一些不错的聚会,但绝不是艺术。

If we had every klutz jump into the orchestra pit, or prance on the opera stage, or slop paint with Picasso, we would have some great parties but no art.