| 单词 | to make a botch of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a botch of 3. A spoiled or mismanaged task or piece of work; a mess. Frequently in to make a botch of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or bungled work bodge1589 bodgery1592 Paul's work1602 botchery1608 by-work1615 botch1648 hob-job1857 spoil1892 botch-up1915 hack job1918 bodge job1924 bodge-up1959 bodge-up job1994 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > manage something unskilfully mismanage1692 to make a botch of1855 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G2v Learne of me what Woman is. Something made of thred and thrumme; A meere Botch of all and some. 1674 ‘Theophilus Philalethes’ Brief Memorial 7 The said Balconies are now but a botch, in comparison of what they might have been. ?1721 T. Foxton Char. Fine Gentleman 43 in Serino It is altogether unreasonable to require that divine Providence should..interrupt the course of nature, (which would look but like a botch or bungle). 1845 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors II. lvi. 416 When he tries to be light and airy, we have such a botch as might have been expected. 1855 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iii. 238 I have made a miserable botch of this description. 1913 Stud. Philol. 10 41 The imitation was slavish... What a hopeless botch it was! 1967 Pop. Mech. Sept. 176 Choosing the right paint roller..can mean the difference between professional results and a complete botch. 1998 S. Lawrence Montenegro 166 He had made such a botch of washing his clothes that Sofia had..done them all over again. < as lemmas |
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