单词 | bodging |
释义 | bodgingn.1 Chiefly British. 1. The action of patching or repairing something which is worn or damaged; (sometimes) spec. the making or repairing of something in an imperfect or makeshift way. Cf. bodge v. 2.In figurative context in quot. 1656. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [noun] > clumsily botching1465 bodging1572 patchery1579 tinkering1591 cobblinga1764 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Bodging, mending, botching, repairing or pecing. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 53 The bodging in of a course shred into a fine garment. 1843 Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamford Mercury 22 Sept. The improvement of the channel through the bridges was a matter of great importance,..but the mere bodging of one bridge in the manner proposed would be of no real utility. 1924 Gloucester Citizen 20 Sept. 12/1 (advt.) Motor radiators thoroughly repaired, no bodging; 15 years' experience. 2018 Newstex Blogs (Nexis) 28 May He still sees cars that have suffered ‘20 years of bodging’, which can take many man-hours to unpick. 2. The action of inserting something into a text, or of composing something, in a clumsy or unskilful manner. Cf. bodge v. 1a, 1b. ΚΠ 1589 E. Bunny Briefe Answer Quarrels R. P. 60 You say that I bodged in that parenthesis... Weigh then the matter a little better, and you shall see the bodging that you speake of, to be so bound with the..bias that you put on it, that [etc.]. 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. viii. 107 To turne the prose of the Poets into the Poets owne verse, with delight, certainty and speed, without any bodging. 1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 July 482/2 [Compositor] B..was more prone to memorial substitutions and even deliberate bodging. 1994 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 13 Mar. 10 With each input of bodging by minders, lawyers, public relations spin-doctors, the text becomes more unintelligible, illiterate and trite. 3. The action of spoiling something through lack of skill or care; bungling. Cf. bodge v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working blunderingc1440 blunt-workingc1440 bumbling1533 stumbling1569 bumble1621 bodging1634 budgelling1657 bungling1663 boggling1834 bunglery1837 muffing1841 perpetration1849 foozling1927 muck-up1942 1634 R. Gomersall Serm. St Peter 80 The Spartans rewarded theft, if it were cunning, and the theefe was rather punished for his bodging than for his felony; because he was unskilfull, not because he was unjust. 1968 Punch 24 July 128/2 Competition between the banks is effective to the extent that when one jumps, all tend to jump together. The Bank of England is clearly responsible for the bodging of this particular jump. 2001 UK Newsquest Regional Press (London) (Nexis) 31 Jan. An investigation into the alleged bodging of a cremation consent form. 2019 Herald (Scotland) (Nexis) 4 Apr. If nothing else, I expect she is tired of taking all the blame for the bodging of Brexit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). bodgingn.2 Originally English regional (chiefly Buckinghamshire). Originally (more fully chair bodging): the practice of making legs or other components for chairs using a pole-lathe (now chiefly historical). Later sometimes more generally: woodturning, esp. on a pole-lathe. Cf. bodgering n. ΚΠ 1920 Daily Mail 20 May 4/5 ‘Bodging’ is one of the old English primitive forest crafts which still survives. 1932 Daily Tel. 7 July 5/6 I came upon Mr. T. H. Gomme, of Great Missenden, busily at work turning chair-legs, or ‘chair bodging’, as it used to be known, on a primitive pole lathe. 1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts xx. 178 Of all the woodland crafts, that of chair-bodging seems the most rural. 1957 Times 2 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. viii/7 The demonstration of chair leg bodging. 2004 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 30 Apr. 4 Kenny Grieve has been demonstrating to the pupils the ancient skills of bodging—the art of creating objects from chunks of wood. 2020 Bucks Free Press (Nexis) 18 Jan. Stuart King, whose father was a wood machinist, is a great expert on chairmaking including chair bodging. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). bodgingadj. That bodges or has been bodged (in various senses of bodge v.); esp. (of a builder, tradesperson, etc.) that makes or repairs something in a clumsy, unskilful, or makeshift way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling bodging1565 bungling1589 scambling1589 bungler-like1603 mismanaging1789 muffing1841 duffing1862 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired > clumsily patched1447 bodging1565 beggar-patched1658 nigger-rigged1965 1565 J. Rastell Replie Def. Truth xiv. f. 191v Why are these bodging..argumentes so ofte repeted emong you. 1579 J. Knewstub Confut. Heresies f. 93v This name is but a new coate shapen of some bodging workman, that knew not how to take the true measure of their bodie. 1638 H. Rogers Protestant Church Existent Contents sig. A4v The boy with his bodging Verses. 1892 Rep. Sel. Comm. Plumbers' Registration Bill 97/2 This joint..was made by a bodging plumber. 1986 H. Lander House Restorer's Guide xi. 177/2 One reason..stairs are usually so..well constructed is that this was one of the few tasks which no bodging builder could leave to his labourers. 2014 Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 5 Sept. 18 Scotland will not somehow be made fresh and new. They'll still have bodging politicians in charge. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.11572n.21920adj.1565 |
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