| 单词 | ham-fisted |
| 释义 | > as lemmasham-fisted ham-fisted adj. having large or clumsy hands, heavy-handed, awkward; bungling. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 1928 Daily Mail 7 May 6/4 Ham Fisted.—Applied to pilots who are heavy on controls, or generally clumsy. 1928 Sunday Express 24 June 8/3 Two thousand lumber-jacks were in town, ham-fisted great fellows with hair on their chests and pine needles growing out of their ears. 1938 ‘C. S. Forester’ Ship of Line 51 God damn and blast all you hamfisted yokels. 1942 H. R. Allen in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 15 A dog-fight with a Hun very rarely entails a considered aerobatic movement as an evasive action. In fact, the more ham-fisted the movement, the better its effect. 1960 Times 20 Oct. 8/1 The play's basic idea implies a less ham-fisted humour than the authors can supply. < as lemmas |
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