galoot
galoot — 名詞
1. an informal word for a person — usually a man — who is clumsy, awkward, or behav
笨拙的傢伙
笨拙或粗魯的傢伙，帶戲謔意味
an informal word for a person — usually a man — who is clumsy, awkward, or behaves in a way that other people find annoying or unacceptable
Reema tripped at her own wedding, and her brother grinned and called her a galoot.
Reema 在自己的婚禮上絆倒，她哥哥笑著說她是個莽夫。
informal insult used playfully between siblings
Théo knocked over a display of cans at the store, and the manager called him a clumsy galoot.
Théo 在商店裡撞倒一排罐頭，店員說他是個笨手笨腳的莽夫。
Hiro's colleagues called him a galoot after he spilled tea on the new office carpet.
Hiro 把茶灑在新的辦公室地毯上，同事們都說他是莽夫。
Beatriz laughed and called her cousin a galoot when he locked his keys in the car.
Beatriz 的表哥把鑰匙鎖在車裡，她笑著說他是莽夫。
Apinya tripped over a chair at the restaurant and muttered, "What a galoot I am!"
Apinya 在餐廳被椅子絆倒，低聲說：「我真是個莽夫！」
- oaf
Similar meaning of clumsiness but sounds harsher and less playful
- lout
Focuses more on bad manners or rudeness than on physical clumsiness
- clodhopper
More old-fashioned and specifically suggests a clumsy, heavy-footed person
用法筆記
Often used as a mild, sometimes affectionate insult among friends or family, rather than with real anger. Less common in modern American English than in earlier decades.