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单词 MacGyver
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Definition of MacGyver in English:

MacGyver

verbməˈɡʌɪvəməˈɡaɪvər
[with object]US informal
  • Make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand.

    he MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log
    he has a shock of short red hair and a pair of rectangular-framed glasses MacGyvered with duct tape
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While waiting for their arrival, NASA's engineers looked at other ways to MacGyver towels from material on board the space station: space diapers.
    • She's on SUCH a higher level than everybody else that it's really just melodrama while she MacGyvers another solution to the week's problem.
    • An hour after we headed out to sea, Toby had remedied our predicament by MacGyvering a replacement from plumbing parts and rope.
    • David somehow MacGyvers a defibrillator from scraps around the house in order to resuscitate one of the characters who gets buried alive, and it works.
    • Recording in bedrooms and basements on equipment MacGyvered together with duct tape and ingenuity, its no-budget studio techniques inspired everyone from Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel and Will Oldham to Beck and Modest Mouse.
    • You can arm yourself with everything you need to MacGyver your way out of any problem that arises.
    • For the first two rounds Woods was able to MacGyver his way to making the cut when his game really wasn't up to it.
    • She mastered the at of MacGyvering some clothes out of whatever you can steal from somebody else's tent.
    • It'll be MacGyvered to the best of our lack of ability, so you may be shocked at the butchery never before seen in these pages, all in the name of fast and cheap.
    • I know you're laughing, but you have no idea how many things I've "MacGyvered" with paper clips.

Origin

1990s: from Angus MacGyver, the lead character in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992), who often made or repaired objects in an improvised way.

 
 

Definition of MacGyver in US English:

MacGyver

verbməˈɡaɪvərməˈɡīvər
[with object]US informal
  • Make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand.

    he MacGyvered a makeshift jack with a log
    he has a pair of rectangular-framed glasses MacGyvered with duct tape
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She mastered the at of MacGyvering some clothes out of whatever you can steal from somebody else's tent.
    • I know you're laughing, but you have no idea how many things I've "MacGyvered" with paper clips.
    • Recording in bedrooms and basements on equipment MacGyvered together with duct tape and ingenuity, its no-budget studio techniques inspired everyone from Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel and Will Oldham to Beck and Modest Mouse.
    • It'll be MacGyvered to the best of our lack of ability, so you may be shocked at the butchery never before seen in these pages, all in the name of fast and cheap.
    • She's on SUCH a higher level than everybody else that it's really just melodrama while she MacGyvers another solution to the week's problem.
    • You can arm yourself with everything you need to MacGyver your way out of any problem that arises.
    • While waiting for their arrival, NASA's engineers looked at other ways to MacGyver towels from material on board the space station: space diapers.
    • For the first two rounds Woods was able to MacGyver his way to making the cut when his game really wasn't up to it.
    • David somehow MacGyvers a defibrillator from scraps around the house in order to resuscitate one of the characters who gets buried alive, and it works.
    • An hour after we headed out to sea, Toby had remedied our predicament by MacGyvering a replacement from plumbing parts and rope.

Origin

1990s: from Angus MacGyver, the lead character in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992), who often made or repaired objects in an improvised way.

 
 
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