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单词 jerry-built
释义

jerry-built

adjective

ˈjer-ē-ˌbilt How to pronounce jerry-built (audio)
1
: built cheaply and unsubstantially
2
: carelessly or hastily put together

Synonyms

  • artless
  • clumsy
  • crude
  • jerry-rigged
  • jury-rigged
  • rough
  • rough-and-ready
  • rough-and-tumble
  • rough-hewn
  • rude
  • unrefined
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1

jerry-built 1 of 2

adjective

as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed my jerry-built wine racks may not look pretty, but they get the job done

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clumsy
  • crude
  • flawed
  • rough
  • rude
  • jerry-rigged
  • defective
  • rudimentary
  • unfinished
  • imperfect
  • primitive
  • jury-rigged
  • artless
  • unrefined
  • rough-and-ready
  • rough-hewn
  • amateur
  • rough-and-tumble
  • faulty
  • inartistic
  • inexact
  • imprecise
  • amateurish
  • unpolished
  • unskilled
  • inexpert
  • unprofessional
  • unworked
  • undressed
  • unskillful
  • unshaped
  • unshapen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • refined
  • perfect
  • polished
  • faultless
  • workmanlike
  • meticulous
  • flawless
  • finished
  • perfected
  • adroit
  • masterly
  • sophisticated
  • neat
  • masterful
  • expert
  • practised
  • skillful
  • artful
  • dextrous
  • adept
  • dexterous
  • artistic
  • practiced
  • precise
  • well-done
  • exact
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jerry-built

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jerry-build
as in rebuilt

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rebuilt
  • retrofitted
  • reconstructed
  • reassembled
  • retrofit
  • devised
  • redeveloped
  • contrived
  • concocted
  • combined
  • united
  • prefabricated
  • designed
  • reedified
  • threw up
  • conceived
  • invented
  • established
  • imagined
  • founded
  • organized
  • fashioned
  • created
  • originated
  • built
  • constituted
  • instituted
  • rigged (up)
  • carpentered
  • constructed
  • began
  • manufactured
  • generated
  • erected
  • inaugurated
  • fathered
  • coined
  • shaped
  • handcrafted
  • molded
  • innovated
  • forged
  • initiated
  • produced
  • cooked (up)
  • assembled
  • hammered
  • fabricated
  • confected
  • framed
  • pieced
  • thought (up)
  • reared
  • made up
  • set up
  • put up
  • made
  • raised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dismantled
  • wrecked
  • destroyed
  • disassembled
  • flattened
  • ruined
  • shattered
  • dismembered
  • pulverized
  • struck
  • razed
  • smashed
  • tore down
  • knocked down
  • took down
  • devastated
  • demolished
  • exploded
  • detached
  • levelled
  • leveled
  • demounted
  • divided
  • disconnected
  • separated
  • ruinated
  • disengaged
  • blew up
  • pulled down
  • disunited
  • disjoined
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