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单词 jerry-build
释义

jerry-build

verb

jer·​ry-build ˈjer-ē-ˌbild How to pronounce jerry-build (audio)
jerry-built ˈjer-ē-ˌbilt How to pronounce jerry-build (audio) ; jerry-building

transitive verb

: to build cheaply and flimsily
jerry-builder noun

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from jerry-built

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

jerry-build

verb

as in to reedify

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • reedify
  • throw up
  • rebuild
  • retrofit
  • design
  • reassemble
  • combine
  • reconstruct
  • father
  • devise
  • rig (up)
  • found
  • institute
  • unite
  • redevelop
  • establish
  • create
  • imagine
  • organize
  • conceive
  • generate
  • begin
  • contrive
  • innovate
  • make up
  • originate
  • coin
  • cook (up)
  • build
  • concoct
  • invent
  • shape
  • carpenter
  • constitute
  • fashion
  • manufacture
  • initiate
  • set up
  • inaugurate
  • mold
  • piece
  • construct
  • hammer
  • put up
  • forge
  • prefabricate
  • frame
  • produce
  • think (up)
  • rear
  • erect
  • assemble
  • handcraft
  • fabricate
  • raise
  • confect
  • make

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • tear down
  • take down
  • knock down
  • pull down
  • destroy
  • strike
  • dismantle
  • disassemble
  • ruin
  • blow up
  • wreck
  • dismember
  • smash
  • demolish
  • level
  • flatten
  • ruinate
  • shatter
  • pulverize
  • devastate
  • explode
  • raze
  • separate
  • divide
  • detach
  • demount
  • disengage
  • disconnect
  • disunite
  • disjoin
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