| 单词 | jerry-building |
| 释义 | jerry-building (once / 381269 pages) n WORD FAMILY jerry-building USAGE EXAMPLESI had not married and settled down in a pretentious jerry-building where nothing interesting could possibly happen, and nothing worth doing be ever done. Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William), Witching Hill(2010) We hope that the effect of this statement may not be to encourage jerry-building. Seaman, Owen, Sir, Punch, or the London Charivari, May...(2010) At Peterborough, no less than at York, instances have been discovered of what would, in these days, be called jerry-building. Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur), The Cathedral Church of York—Bell's...(2010) n construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit Hyper building, construction the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones |
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