| 单词 | botchwork |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbotchwork botchwork n. clumsy, incompetent, or spoiled work; also as a count noun. ΚΠ 1747 J. Godfrey Treat. Useful Sci. Def. 46 If I make a Piece of Botch-Work of it, forgive the poor Anatomist. 1799 New Ann. Reg. 1798 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 71/1 The strange botchwork which they had made of it [sc. the bill], adding every day many new clauses. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life xi. ii. 406 The vastness of the interval, that separates botch-work from handicraft. 1987 tr. H. Heine in Jrnl. Relig. 67 437 We have in fact outgrown deism... And we are not the botchwork of a great mechanic. 2006 S. Virgo Begging Questions 69 We have a fourth hand..at work on this little creation—a very inferior craftsman. But you know..I actually find this botchwork quite charming. < as lemmas |
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