| 单词 | Rube Goldberg |
| 释义 | Rube Goldberg (once / 56283 pages) n WORD FAMILY Rube Goldberg USAGE EXAMPLESFirst, it is always satisfying to see a complicated and pointless machine, like those imagined and built by Rube Goldberg and Jean Tinguely. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) “They are all Rube Goldberg machines,” he said. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) If the Ducks’ roster had any more moving parts it might qualify as a Rube Goldberg contraption. Los Angeles Times(Oct 26, 2016) n United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970) Syn|Exp Goldberg, Reuben Lucius Goldberg cartoonist a person who draws cartoons |
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