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单词 rough-and-ready
释义

rough-and-ready

adjective

ˌrə-fən-ˈre-dē How to pronounce rough-and-ready (audio)
: crude in nature, method, or manner but effective in action or use
a rough-and-ready solution

Synonyms

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

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined above

rough-and-ready

adjective

as in clumsy
hastily or roughly constructed a rough-and-ready shack that the explorers threw together as winter approached

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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