schlemiel
英 [?l?'mi?l]
美[?l?'mil]
- n. 笨手笨腳的人；倒霉的人
英文詞源
- schlemiel
- schlemiel: see shemozzle
- schlemiel (n.)
- "awkward, clumsy person," 1868, from Yiddish shlemiel "bungler," from main character in A. von Chamisso's German fable "The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl" (1813), probably from Biblical name Shelumiel (Num. i:6), chief of the tribe of Simeon, identified with the Simeonite prince Zimri ben Salu, who was killed while committing adultery. Compare schlemazel.
雙語例句
- 1. My husband is such a schlemiel -- he gave US $ 50 to some con artists.
- 我丈夫呆得可以 -- 他給了一些騙子五十美元.
來自辭典例句